RNA interference in the appendicularian Oikopleura dioica reveals the function of the Brachyury gene

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 223, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 261-267

  Omotezako, Tatsuya ^a   Nishino, Atsuo ^a,b   Onuma, Takeshi A ^a   Nishida, Hiroki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Appendicularian; Brachyury; Chordate; Oikopleura dioica; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MESSENGER RNA;

APPENDICULARIA; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BRACHYURY GENE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FETAL PROTEINS; MICROINJECTIONS; NOTOCHORD; OOCYTES; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA;

EID: 84879553044     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: 1432041X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-013-0438-8     Document Type: Article

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