The Mesoderm-Forming Gene brachyury Regulates Ectoderm-Endoderm Demarcation in the Coral Acropora digitifera

Current Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 2885-2892

  Yasuoka, Yuuri ^a   Shinzato, Chuya ^a   Satoh, Noriyuki ^a  

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

Author keywords

Acropora; Brachyury; Cnidaria; evo devo; gastrulation; mesoderm; pharynx formation; transcriptome; Wnt signaling; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURY PROTEIN; FETOPROTEIN; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ECTODERM; EMBRYOLOGY; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ECTODERM; ENDODERM; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS;

EID: 84994469293     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.08.011     Document Type: Article

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