Distinct expression patterns of the two T-box homologues Brachyury and Tbx2/3 in the placozoan Trichoplax adhaerens

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 213, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 492-499

  Martinelli, Cosimo ^a   Spring, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brachyury; Evolution; Placozoa; T box; Trichoplax

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; COELENTERATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; EPITHELIUM CELL; EVOLUTION; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC CODE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; METAZOON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLUM; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPONGE (PORIFERA); TRICHOPLAX ADHAERENS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INVERTEBRATES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MESODERM; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; PLACOZOA; PORIFERA; TRICHOPLAX; TRICHOPLAX ADHAERENS;

EID: 0242636547     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-003-0353-5     Document Type: Article

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