Expression of engrailed in the developing brain and appendages of the onychophoran Euperipatoides kanangrensis (Reid)

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 304, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 220-228

  Eriksson, B Joakim ^a,e   Larson, Earl T ^a,d   Thörnqvist, Per Ove ^b   Tait, Noel N ^c   Budd, Graham E ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUPERIPATOIDES; ONYCHOPHORA;

ENGRAILED HOMEOBOX PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INVERTEBRATE; LIMB; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INVERTEBRATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; NEW SOUTH WALES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 21244460834     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21043     Document Type: Article

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