Muscle differentiation in a colonial ascidian: Organisation, gene expression and evolutionary considerations

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Degasperi, Valentina ^a   Gasparini, Fabio ^a   Shimeld, Sebastian M ^b   Sinigaglia, Chiara ^a   Burighel, Paolo ^a   Manni, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PHALLOIDIN; TROPONIN T; MUSCLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRON; LARVA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; STAINING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI; METAZOA; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLES; PHYLOGENY; TROPONIN T; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 70349686783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-9-48     Document Type: Article

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