The identification of transcription factors expressed in the notochord of Ciona intestinalis adds new potential players to the brachyury gene regulatory network

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 240, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1793-1805

  José Edwards, Diana S ^a   Kerner, Pierre ^a   Kugler, Jamie E ^a   Deng, Wei ^b   Jiang, Di ^b   Di Gregorio, Anna ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Brachyury; Ciona intestinalis; Gene network; Notochord; Transcription factor; Tunicate

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CI AFF GENE; CI FOS A GENE; CI KLF15 GENE; CI LMX LIKE GENE; CI NFAT5 GENE; CI SALL A GENE; CI STAT5/6 B GENE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NOTOCHORD; PHYLOGENY; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ASCIDIA; CHORDATA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 79958800756     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22656     Document Type: Article

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