The transcription factors HeBlimp and HeT-Brain of an indirectly developing polychaete suggest ancestral endodermal, gastrulation, and sensory cell-type specification roles

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 310, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 567-576

  Arenas Mena, Cesar ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CHEMISTRY; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYCHAETA; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENDODERM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYCHAETA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; HYDROIDES ELEGANS; LOPHOTROCHOZOA; METAZOA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 55949088517     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21225     Document Type: Article

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