The unicellular ancestry of animal development

Developmental Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 313-325

  King, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

AUTOTROPHY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; FLAGELLATE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADHESIONS; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; MASTIGOPHORA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PORIFERA; PROTOZOA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; CHOANOFLAGELLIDA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 4544229464     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2004.08.010     Document Type: Review

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