Expression of Foreign Genes in Lamprey Embryos: An Approach to Study Evolutionary Changes in Gene Regulation

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-97

  Kusakabe, Rie ^a,b   Tochinai, Shin ^b   Kuratani, Shigeru ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; JAPONICA; LAMPETRA; LAMPETRA JAPONICA; LETHENTERON JAPONICUM; ORYZIAS; PETROMYZONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

ACTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEAD; LAMPREY; METABOLISM; MICROINJECTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ORYZIAS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEAD; LAMPREYS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROINJECTIONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORYZIAS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0142152986     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.11     Document Type: Article

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