Evolution of Brachyury proteins: Identification of a novel regulatory domain conserved within Bilateria

Developmental Biology

Volumn 260, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 352-361

  Marcellini, Sylvain ^a,b   Technau, Ulrich ^c   Smith, J C ^b   Lemaire, Patrick ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Ascidian; Blastopore; Brachyury; Drosophila; Endoderm; Evolution; Gastrulation; Hydra; Mesoderm; Platynereis; Vertebrate; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BRACHYURY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COELENTERATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; MESODERM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BILATERIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; DROSOPHILA; HYDRA; METAZOA; PLATYNEREIS; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0042062219     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-1606(03)00244-6     Document Type: Article

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