Regulation of notochord-specific expression of Ci-Bra downstream genes in Ciona intestinalis embryos

Zoological Science

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 110-118

  Takahashi, Hiroki ^a   Hotta, Kohji ^b   Takagi, Chiyo ^a   Ueno, Naoto ^a   Satoh, Nori ^c   Shoguchi, Eiichi ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ci Bra; Ciona intestinalis; Cis regulatory regions; Downstream genes; Genome wide regulation; Notochord differentiation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; METABOLISM; NOTOCHORD; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME; NOTOCHORD;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; CIONA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 76849102155     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.27.110     Document Type: Article

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