Repression of Rx gene on the left side of the sensory vesicle by Nodal signaling is crucial for right-sided formation of the ocellus photoreceptor in the development of Ciona intestinalis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 354, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 144-150

  Yoshida, Keita ^a   Saiga, Hidetoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ciona intestinalis; Left right asymmetry; Nodal; Ocellus; Rx

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN NODAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE; GENE REPRESSION; LARVA; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; OCELLUS PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RX GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; CIONA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 79955524342     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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