Developmental expression and transcriptional regulation of Ci-Pans, a novel neural marker gene of the ascidian, Ciona intestinalis

Gene

Volumn 406, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 36-41

  Alfano, Christian ^a   Teresa Russo, Monia ^a   Spagnuolo, Antonietta ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ci Pans; Ciona; Electroporation; In situ hybridization; Nervous system; Promoter; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DATA BASE; DNA FLANKING REGION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIONA INTESTINALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC MARKERS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

ASCIDIA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 36849085431     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.05.026     Document Type: Article

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