Expression of a Musashi-like gene in sexual and asexual development of the colonial chordate Botryllus schlosseri and phylogenetic analysis of the protein group

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 316 B, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 562-573

  Gasparini, Fabio ^a   Shimeld, Sebastian M ^b   Ruffoni, Elena ^c   Burighel, Paolo ^a   Manni, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CORIT Consortium for Research in Organ Transplantation ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOSYNTHESIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SYNTENY; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PHYLOGENY; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SYNTENY; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI; CHORDATA; METAZOA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 81355161416     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21431     Document Type: Article

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