Expression of neuropeptide- and hormone-encoding genes in the Ciona intestinalis larval brain

Developmental Biology

Volumn 352, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 202-214

  Hamada, Mayuko ^a   Shimozono, Naoki ^a,b   Ohta, Naoyuki ^b   Satou, Yutaka ^b   Horie, Takeo ^c   Kawada, Tsuyoshi ^d   Satake, Honoo ^d   Sasakura, Yasunori ^c   Satoh, Nori ^a  

^a Technology Promotion Corporation   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d SUNTORY INSTITUTE FOR BIOORGANIC RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ciona intestinalis; Genes expressed in the brain; Hormone peptides; Microarray; Neuropeptides; Receptors; Transgenic line

Indexed keywords

1,4 ALPHA GLUCAN BRANCHING ENZYME; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA TUBULIN; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; DOPACHROME TAUTOMERASE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 5; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 6; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR KINASE 5; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1 RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GONADORELIN; KAEDE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE RECEPTOR B; NEUROHORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA2; OPSIN; OXYTOCIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX7; TRANSDUCIN; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LARVA; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; TRANSPOSON;

CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79953028952     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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