Highly conserved functions of the Brachyury gene on morphogenetic movements: Insight from the early-diverging phylum Ctenophora

Developmental Biology

Volumn 339, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 212-222

  Yamada, Atsuko ^a   Martindale, Mark Q ^b   Fukui, Akimasa ^a   Tochinai, Shin ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachyury; Convergent extension; Ctenophore; Morphogenetic movements; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURY TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COELENTERATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MESODERM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); METAZOA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS BRACHYURY;

EID: 77649187456     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.12.019     Document Type: Article

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