EST analysis of genes that are expressed in the neural complex of Ciona intestinalis adults

Zoological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1231-1236

  Takamura, Katsumi ^a   Oka, Nobuo ^a   Akagi, Akiko ^a   Okamoto, Kenji ^a   Okada, Taro ^a   Fukuoka, Takuya ^a   Hogaki, Ayumu ^a   Naito, Dai ^a   Oobayashi, Yuji ^a   Satoh, Nori ^b  

^a FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidians; Catalog of genes; EST analysis; Neural complex

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA INTESTINALIS;

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; GENES; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 18044371014     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.18.1231     Document Type: Article

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