Identification of four Engrailed genes in the Japanese Lamprey, Lethenteron japonicum

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 237, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1581-1589

  Matsuura, Manami ^a   Nishihara, Hidenori ^a   Onimaru, Koh ^a   Kokubo, Nobuhiro ^a   Kuraku, Shigehiro ^b,c   Kusakabe, Rie ^b,d   Okada, Norihiro ^a   Kuratani, Shigeru ^b   Tanaka, Mikiko ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Engrailed; Epibranchial muscle; Hindbrain; Homeodomains; Lamprey; Mandibular arch; Midbrain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECTODERM; ENGRAILED A GENE; ENGRAILED B GENE; ENGRAILED C GENE; ENGRAILED D GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; JAPANESE; LAMPREY; LETHENTERON JAPONICUM; LOWER LIP; MANDIBLE; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT PALATE; UPPER LIP;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LAMPREYS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

LETHENTERON JAPONICUM; PETROMYZONTIDAE;

EID: 44949121636     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21552     Document Type: Article

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