Gene regulatory networks underlying the compartmentalization of the Ciona central nervous system

Development

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 285-293

  Imai, Kaoru S ^a,b   Stolfi, Alberto ^b   Levine, Michael ^b   Satou, Yutaka ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b University of California Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciona intestinalis; Fgf8; Gene regulatory network

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEUROGENIN 1; PROTEIN FGF8; PROTEIN HOX1; PROTEIN NODAL; RETINOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE SEQUENCE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REGULATOR GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRATE;

ASCIDIACEA; BILATERIA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIONA INTESTINALIS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, REGULATOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRETINOIN; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 62349128157     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.026419     Document Type: Article

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