Regulatory genes in the ancestral chordate genomes

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 218, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 715-721

  Satou, Yutaka ^a   Wada, Shuichi ^b   Sasakura, Yasunori ^c   Satoh, Nori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGAHAMA INSTITUTE OF BIO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branchiostoma floridae; Ciona intestinalis; Evolution; Regulatory genes

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHORDATA; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENOME; LARVA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOME; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY;

BRANCHIOSTOMA FLORIDAE; CHORDATA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 57649232117     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-008-0219-y     Document Type: Article

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