Phylogenetic analysis and developmental expression of thymosin-β4 gene in amphioxus

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 215, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 364-368

  Huang, Xiangwei ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Zhang, Hongwei ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Embryogenesis; Evolution; Expression; Thymosin 4

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; THYMOSIN BETA4;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SOMITE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THYMOSIN;

BRANCHIOSTOMA BELCHERI; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 22844446291     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-005-0481-1     Document Type: Article

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