Hox cluster disintegration with persistent anteroposterior order of expression in oikopleura dioica

Nature

Volumn 431, Issue 7004, 2004, Pages 67-71

  Seo, Hee Chan ^a   Edvardsen, Rolf Brudvik ^a   Maeland, Anne Dorthea ^a   Bjordal, Marianne ^a   Jensen, Marit Flo ^a   Hansen, Anette ^a   Flaat, Mette ^a   Weissenbach, Jean ^c   Lehrach, Hans ^b   Reinhardt, Richard ^b   Chourrout, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE SÉQUENÇAGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GENES; MUSCLE; TISSUE;

CHORDATE ANCESTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; VERTEBRATES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHORDATA; EMBRYO; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HOX GENE; LARVA; MUSCLE; NEMATODE; NERVE CORD; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIL; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HISTOLOGY; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; UROCHORDATA;

BILATERIA; CHORDATA; NEMATODA; OIKOPLEURA; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA; VERTEBRATA;

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENOMICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RNA, MESSENGER; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 4544320630     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02709     Document Type: Letter

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