Remodelling of the homeobox gene complement in the tunicate Oikopleura dioica

Current Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Edvardsen, Rolf B ^a   Seo, Hee Chan ^a   Jensen, Marit F ^a   Mialon, Antoine ^a   Mikhaleva, Jana ^a   Bjordal, Marianne ^a   Cartry, Jérome ^a   Reinhardt, Richard ^b   Weissenbach, Jean ^c   Wincker, Patrick ^c   Chourrout, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE SÉQUENÇAGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA; OIKOPLEURA; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA;

EID: 19944427992     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.12.010     Document Type: Note

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