Development of a chordate anterior-posterior axis without classical retinoic acid signaling

Developmental Biology

Volumn 305, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 522-538

  Cañestro, Cristian ^a   Postlethwait, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

ALDH1A; ALDH2; Amphioxus; Appendicularian; Ascidian; Axial patterning; Chordate development; Chordate evolution; CYP26; DEAB; HOX; Larvacean; Oikopleura; Olfactores; OTX; PAX; RALDH; RAR; Retinoic acid; RXR; Tunicate; Urochordate; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HOX GENE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATE;

APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); ASCIDIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; OIKOPLEURA; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34247636202     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.02.032     Document Type: Article

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