Xenopus Pax-2/5/8 orthologues: Novel insights into Pax gene evolution and identification of Pax-8 as the earliest marker for otic and pronephric cell lineages

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 208-219

  Heller, Nicole ^a   Brändli, André W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Inner ear; Pax 2 5 8 gene family; Pronephric kidney; Thyroid gland; Xenopus embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THYROID GLAND; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345643314     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1999)24:3/4<208::AID-DVG4>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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