Initial deployment of the cardiogenic gene regulatory network in the basal chordate, Ciona intestinalis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 368, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 127-139

  Woznica, Arielle ^a   Haeussler, Maximilian ^b   Starobinska, Ella ^a   Jemmett, Jessica ^a   Li, Younan ^a   Mount, David ^c   Davidson, Brad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chordate; Ciona intestinalis; Ets; Fgf; Gene regulatory network; Heart development; Map kinase

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 2;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL LINEAGE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HEART DEVELOPMENT; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84862762305     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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