Nematostella vectensis achaete-scute homolog NvashA regulates embryonic ectodermal neurogenesis and represents an ancient component of the metazoan neural specification pathway

Development

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1013-1022

  Layden, Michael J ^a   Boekhout, Michiel ^a,b   Martindale, Mark Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Achaete scute; Cnidarian; Nematostella; Neurogenesis; Nvasha; Proneural

Indexed keywords

NVASHA PROTEIN; NVASHB PROTEIN; NVASHC PROTEIN; NVASHD PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; LARVAL STAGE; METAZOON; MICROANALYSIS; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA ANEMONE;

ACHAETE-SCUTE COMPLEX GENOME REGION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY PATTERNING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; SEA ANEMONES;

ACTINIARIA; ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; METAZOA; NEMATOSTELLA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS;

EID: 84856708855     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.073221     Document Type: Article

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