HrNodal, the ascidian nodal-related gene, is expressed in the left side of the epidermis, and lies upstream of HrPitx

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 212, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 439-446

  Morokuma, Junji ^a,c   Ueno, Motoko ^b   Kawanishi, Hiroshi ^a   Saiga, Hidetoshi ^b   Nishida, Hiroki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian embryogenesis; Left right asymmetry; mRNA 5 leader trans splicing; Nodal related gene; Pitx2

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UP-REGULATION; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; EUKARYOTA; HALOCYNTHIA; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 12244262262     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-002-0242-3     Document Type: Article

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