Development of the caudal nerve cord, motoneurons, and muscle innervation in the appendicularian urochordate Oikopleura dioica

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 503, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 224-243

  Søviknes, Anne Mette ^a   Chourrout, Daniel ^a   Glover, Joel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alpha tubulin; ChAT; Choline acetyltransferase; Neuromuscular; Tunicate

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PHALLOIDIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MARINE SPECIES; MOTONEURON; MOTOR SYSTEM; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CORD; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINAL NERVE; UROCHORDATA;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GANGLIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVES; TAIL; TUBULIN; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 34447641608     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21376     Document Type: Article

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