A Dickkopf-3-related gene is expressed in differentiating nematocytes in the basal metazoan Hydra

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 72-80

  Fedders, Henning ^a   Augustin, René ^a   Bosch, Thomas C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Dickkopf; HyDkk3; Hydra; Nematocytes

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN DICKKOPF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CIONA INTESTINALIS; COELENTERATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHICKENS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; HYDRA; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CAENORHABDITIS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; GALLUS GALLUS; HYDRA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1542726342     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-003-0378-9     Document Type: Article

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