How was the notochord born?

Evolution and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-75

  Satoh, Nori ^a   Tagawa, Kuni ^b   Takahashi, Hiroki ^c  

^a OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURY PROTEIN; FETOPROTEIN; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; LARVA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NEONATE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHORDATA; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NOTOCHORD; PHYLOGENY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CHORDATA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FETAL PROTEINS; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, DEVELOPMENTAL; INVERTEBRATES; NOTOCHORD; PHYLOGENY; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; CNIDARIA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; METAZOA; PORIFERA;

EID: 84864054982     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2011.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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