Developmental and evolutionary aspects of the basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors Atonal-like 1 and Achaete-scute homolog 2 in the jellyfish

Developmental Biology

Volumn 269, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 331-345

  Seipel, Katja ^a   Yanze, Nathalie ^a   Schmid, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Achaete scute; Atonal; Basic helix loop helix; Cnidaria; Evolution; Muscle; Nerve; Neuropeptide; Podocoryne carnea; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ACHAETE SCUTE HOMOLOG 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ATONAL LIKE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENDODERM; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; JELLYFISH; LARVA; MARKER GENE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY CELL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; UPREGULATION;

CNIDARIA; HYDROZOA; PODOCORYNE; PODOCORYNE CARNEA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 1942489682     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.01.035     Document Type: Article

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