Microarray analysis of zygotic expression of transcription factor genes and cell signaling molecule genes in early Ciona intestinalis embryos

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-37

  Hamaguchi, Makoto ^a   Fujie, Manabu ^b,c   Noda, Takeshi ^a   Satoh, Nori ^a,b,d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell signaling molecule gene; Ciona intestinalis; Early embryogenesis; Transcription factor gene; Zygotic expression

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SEQUENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZYGOTE;

ASCIDIACEA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846044249     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2007.00902.x     Document Type: Article

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