Dynamic change in the expression of developmental genes in the ascidian central nervous system: Revisit to the tripartite model and the origin of the midbrain-hindbrain boundary region

Developmental Biology

Volumn 312, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 631-643

  Ikuta, Tetsuro ^a   Saiga, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian; CNS; Gene expression; MHB

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; HOX GENE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 36549017558     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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