Evolution of Otx paralogue usages in early patterning of the vertebrate head

Developmental Biology

Volumn 325, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 282-295

  Suda, Yoko ^a   Kurokawa, Daisuke ^a,b   Takeuchi, Masaki ^a   Kajikawa, Eriko ^a   Kuratani, Shigeru ^a   Amemiya, Chris ^c   Aizawa, Shinichi ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior mesendoderm; Anterior neuroectoderm; Bichir; Brain; Fugu; Head development; Lamprey; Organizer; Otx; Skate

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN OTX1; PROTEIN OTX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BICHIR; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; EMBRYO; EPIPHYSIS; EYE; FISH; FOREBRAIN; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; LAMPREY; MESENCEPHALON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PUFFER FISH; SOMITE; TELEOST; THELAZIA; VERTEBRATE;

AMNIOTA; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; PETROMYZONTIDAE; TAKIFUGU; TELEOSTEI; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 57849155689     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.09.018     Document Type: Article

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