Muscle development in Ciona intestinalis requires the b-HLH myogenic regulatory factor gene Ci-MRF

Developmental Biology

Volumn 302, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 333-344

  Meedel, Thomas H ^a   Chang, Patrick ^b   Yasuo, Hitoyoshi ^b  

^a RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Chordate; MyoD; Myogenesis; Myogenic regulatory network; Tunicate

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ACTIN; MESSENGER RNA; MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE; MYOGENIC FACTOR; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTOR B HLH; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; TROPONIN I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CELL LINEAGE; CI MRF GENE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MARKER GENE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; INVERTEBRATA; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846213676     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.09.043     Document Type: Article

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