Article
Functional analysis of an ascidian homologue of vertebrate Bmp-2/Bmp-4 suggests its role in the inhibition of neural fate specification.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Dec 1997
Miya T, Morita K, Suzuki A, Ueno N, Satoh N
Abstract excerpt
The ascidian tadpole larva is thought to be close to a prototype of the ancestral chordate. The vertebrate body plan is established by a series of inductive cellular interactions, whereas ascidians show a highly determinate mode of development. Recent studies however, suggest some roles of cell-c...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Body Patterning
- Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2
- Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4
- Bone Morphogenetic Proteins
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Complementary
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Embryonic Development
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nervous System
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Messenger
- Sequence Analysis, DNA