Developmental expression of the three iroquois genes of amphioxus (BfIrxA, BfIrxB, and BfIrxC) with special attention to the gastrula organizer and anteroposterior boundaries in the central nervous system

Gene Expression Patterns

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 329-334

  Kaltenbach, Stacy L ^a   Holland, Linda Z ^a   Holland, Nicholas D ^a   Koop, Demian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; BfIrxA; BfIrxB; BfIrxC; Central nervous system; Cephalochordate; Gastrula organizer; Gill slits; Hindbrain; Iro; Iroquois; Irx; Lancelet; MHB; Neural plate; Neural tube; Notochord; Somites; Spemann's organizer

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN BFIRXA; PROTEIN BFIRXB; PROTEIN BFIRXC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIOXUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; FEMALE; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; INVERTEBRATE; LARVA; MESODERM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SOMITE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67349279242     PISSN: 1567133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gep.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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