An organizing region in metamorphosing hydrozoan planula larvae - Stimulation of axis formation in both larval and in adult tissue

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 795-802

  Stumpf, Melanie ^a,b   Will, Britta ^a,c   Wittig, Karola ^a,d   Kasper, Jennifer ^a,e   Fischer, Benjamin ^a,f   Schmich, Jürgen ^a,g   Seipp, Stefanie ^a,h   Leitz, Thomas ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b UCSF Diabetes Center   (United States)

^c HARVARD INSTITUTES OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^f ROSE Europe GmbH ^*  (Germany)

^g ROSE Europe GmbH   (Germany)

^h Carl Roth GmbH + Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachyury; Hydractinia echinata; Organizer; Planula larva; Wnt

Indexed keywords

WNT5A PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO AXIS; GENE ASSIGNMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GROWTH STIMULATION; HEAD; HYDROZOA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PLANULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NICK END LABELING; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALIA; HYDRACTINIA; HYDRACTINIA ECHINATA; HYDROIDA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BODY PATTERNING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HYDROZOA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 77956045885     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.082738ms     Document Type: Article

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