Patterning across the ascidian neural plate by lateral Nodal signalling sources

Development

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1199-1210

  Hudson, Clare ^a   Yasuo, Hitoyoshi ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

ALK4 5 7; Ascidian; Ciona; FGF; Neural patterning; Nodal; Secondary muscle; Tunicate

Indexed keywords

DNA HOMOLOG; PROTEIN NODAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLASTOMERES; BODY PATTERNING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; CIONA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 17244368468     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01688     Document Type: Article

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