A signalling relay involving Nodal and Delta ligands acts during secondary notochord induction in Ciona embryos

Development

Volumn 133, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2855-2864

  Hudson, Clare ^a   Yasuo, Hitoyoshi ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Ciona; Delta; Nodal; Notch; Notochord; Signalling relay; Tunicate

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; DELTA LIGAND; LIGAND; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN CI BRACHYURY; PROTEIN DELTA2; PROTEIN NODAL; REAGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL FATE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOTOCHORD; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIDERS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; CHORDATA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 33748167867     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02466     Document Type: Article

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