The blastoporal organiser of a sea anemone

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Kraus, Yulia ^a   Fritzenwanker, Jens H ^b   Genikhovich, Grigory ^b   Technau, Ulrich ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; EMBRYO INDUCTION; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; EVOLUTION; GASTRULA; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LETTER; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEA ANEMONE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; EVOLUTION; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GASTRULA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ORGANIZERS, EMBRYONIC; SEA ANEMONES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACTINIARIA; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 35348913800     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.08.017     Document Type: Letter

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