The formation and positioning of cilia in Ciona intestinalis embryos in relation to the generation and evolution of chordate left-right asymmetry

Developmental Biology

Volumn 364, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 214-223

  Thompson, Helen ^a   Shaw, Michael K ^b   Dawe, Helen R ^c   Shimeld, Sebastian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cilia; Ciona; Electron microscopy; Left right asymmetry; Nodal

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN NODAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENE LOCATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NEURULATION; NODAL GENE; NONHUMAN; PITX2 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DANIO RERIO; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84858071340     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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