Sequence and expression of amphioxus alkali myosin light chain (AmphiMLC-alk) throughout development: implications for vertebrate myogenesis
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The amphioxus gene for alkali myosin light chain (AmphiMLC-alk) codes for a 147-amino-acid protein and forms one transcript that is expressed throughout development and in adults. Gene expression is observed in the early myotomes of somites 2-5 of neurula embryos, then in the myotomes of somite 1 and in myotomes of fresh somites. This gene expression occurs along the medial edge of the myotome and at the cell ends in late larvae and adults. An analysis of myogenesis in amphioxus can explain the evolutionary history and pathways of vertebrate myogenesis, because amphioxus myogenesis is identical to that of the vertebrate.
Publication Name: Developmental Biology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0012-1606
Year: 1995
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A Gbx homeobox gene in amphioxus: insights into ancestry of the ANTP class and evolution of the midbrain/hindbrain boundary
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A study on cloning the gene of an amphioxus to examine its central nervous system is discussed. The origin of its midbrain and hindbrain are studied.
Publication Name: Developmental Biology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0012-1606
Year: 2006
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Hex homeobox gene controls the transition of the endoderm to a pseudostratified, cell emergent epithelium for liver bud development
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The role of homeobox gene, Hex, in embryonic liver development through the modification of pseudostratified epithelium is presented.
Publication Name: Developmental Biology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0012-1606
Year: 2006
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