Novel genes involved in Ciona intestinalis embryogenesis: Characterization of gene knockdown embryos

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 236, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1820-1831

  Hamada, Mayuko ^a,b   Wada, Shuichi ^a,c   Kobayashi, Kenji ^b,d   Satoh, Nori ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGAHAMA INSTITUTE OF BIO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Ciona intestinalis; Embryogenesis; Functional screening; Morpholino; Novel genes; Tissue differentiation

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; EPIDERMIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; KNOCKDOWN GENE; MESENCHYME; MUSCLE TISSUE; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CIONA INTESTINALIS;

ASCIDIA; CHORDATA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34447570670     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21181     Document Type: Article

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