Retinoic acid signaling and the evolution of chordates

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 38-47

  Marlétaz, Ferdinand ^a   Holland, Linda Z ^b,c,d   Laudet, Vincent ^a,e,f   Schubert, Michael ^a,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Anteroposterior patterning; Branchiostoma; Deuterostomes; Hox; Invertebrate to vertebrate transition; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

MORPHOGEN; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AMPHIOXUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHORDATA; EMBRYOLOGY; ENDODERM; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOX GENE; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

BRANCHIOSTOMA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA; CNIDARIA; ECHINODERMATA; HEMICHORDATA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646539135     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.2.38     Document Type: Review

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