Brachyury-downstream gene sets in a chordate, Ciona intestinalis: Integrating notochord specification, morphogenesis and chordate evolution

Evolution and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-51

  Hotta, Kohji ^a,e   Takahashi, Hiroki ^b,d   Satoh, Nori ^c,d   Gojobori, Takashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURY PROTEIN; FETOPROTEIN; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOGENESIS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CYTOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; EVOLUTION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NOTOCHORD; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DATABASES, GENETIC; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FETAL PROTEINS; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, DEVELOPMENTAL; NOTOCHORD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS;

CHORDATA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 37749042201     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2007.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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