Ci-FoxA-a is the earliest zygotic determinant of the ascidian anterior ectoderm and directly activates Ci-sFRP1/5

Development

Volumn 133, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2835-2844

  Lamy, Clement ^a   Rothbächer, Ute ^a   Caillol, Danièle ^a   Lemaire, Patrick ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Anteroposterior patterning; Ascidian; Ciona intestinalis; Ectoderm; FoxA; Gene regulation; Organizer; sFRP; Wnt signalling

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; PROTEIN CI FOXA A; PROTEIN CI SFRP1/5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BLASTOMERE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINEAGE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; GASTRULATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOOTPRINTING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGIONALIZATION; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY PATTERNING; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ECTODERM; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748149958     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02448     Document Type: Article

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