Characterization of an ascidian DEAD-box gene, Ci-DEAD1: specific expression in the germ cells and its mRNA localization in the posterior-most blastomeres in early embryos

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 64-72

  Fujimura, Miyuki ^a   Takamura, Katsumi ^a  

^a FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian DEAD box gene; Germ cell determination; Germ cell lineage; Vasa homologue

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BLASTOMERE; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; GONAD; HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OVARY; PRECURSOR; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CIONA SAVIGNYI; EUKARYOTA; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0342545847     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050012     Document Type: Article

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