Development of ichthyosporeans sheds light on the origin of metazoan multicellularity

Developmental Biology

Volumn 377, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 284-292

  Suga, Hiroshi ^a   Ruiz Trillo, Iñaki ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Creolimax fragrantissima; Evolution of multicellularity; Gene silencing; Nuclear division; Syncytium; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREOLIMAX FRAGRANTISSIMA; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; ICHTHYOSPOREA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYNCYTIUM; TRANSGENICS;

ANIMALIA; CHOANOFLAGELLIDA; ICHTHYOSPOREA; METAZOA; PROTISTA;

EID: 84876321359     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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