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Acknowledgments
The research of our laboratory was supported by a Grant-in-Aid from the Ministry
of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan for Specially Promoted Research
(No. 07102012) to N.S.
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the vertebrate neural tube is conserved in a protochordate. Development 124:23352344
Davidson EH, Cameron RA, Ransick A (1998) Specification of cell fate in the sea urchin
embryo: summary and some proposed mechanisms. Development 125:3269-3290
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boundary in the Ciona embryo. Development 125:2511-2520
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gene is expressed in the secondary mesenchyme founder cells. Development 121:27472754
Herrmann BG, Kispert A (1994) The T genes in embryogenesis. Trends Genet 10:280-286
Herrmann BG, Labeit S, Poustka A, King TR, Lehrach H (1990) Cloning of the T gene
required in mesoderm formation in the mouse. Nature 343:617-622
Holland PWH, Garcia-Fernandez J (1996) Hox genes and chordate evolution. Dev Bioi
173:382-395
Holland PWH, Koschorz B, Holland LZ, Herrmann BG (1996) Conservation of Brachyury
(1) genes in amphioxus and vertebrates: developmental and evolutionary implications.
Development 121:4283-4291
Jefferies RPS (1986) The Ancestry of the vertebrates. Brit Mus Nat Hist, London
Kispert A, Herrmann BG (1993) The Brachyury gene encodes a novel DNA binding protein.
EMBO J 12:3211-3220
Kispert A, Koschorz B, Herrmann BG (1995a) The T protein encoded by Brachyury is a
tissue-specific transcription factor. EMBO J 14:4763-4772
221
Acknowledgments
The research of our laboratory was supported by a Grant-in-Aid from the Ministry
of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan for Specially Promoted Research
(No. 07102012) to N.S.
References
Bateson W (1885) The later stages in the development of B. kowalevskii, with a suggestion
as to the affinities of the Enteropneusta. Quart J Microsc Sci 25 (Suppl.):81-122
Berrill NJ (1955) The Origin of the vertebrates. Oxford Univ Press, Oxford
Brusca RC, Brusca GJ (1990) Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, MA
Chesley P (1935) Development of the short-tailed mutant in the house mouse. J Exp Zool
70:429-459
Conklin EG (1905) The organization and cell lineage of the ascidian egg. J Acad Nat Sci B
1:1-119
Corbo JC, Levine M, Zeller RW (1997a) Characterization of a notochord-specific enhancer
from the Brachyury promoter region of the ascidian, Ciona intestinalis. Development
124:589-602
Corbo JC, Erives A, Di Gregorio A, Chang A, Levine M (1997b) Dorsoventral patterning of
the vertebrate neural tube is conserved in a protochordate. Development 124:23352344
Davidson EH, Cameron RA, Ransick A (1998) Specification of cell fate in the sea urchin
embryo: summary and some proposed mechanisms. Development 125:3269-3290
Fujiwara S, Corbo JC, Levine M (1998) The Snail repressor establishes a muscle/notochord
boundary in the Ciona embryo. Development 125:2511-2520
Garstang W (L928) The morphology of the tunicata, and its bearings on the phylogeny of the
Chordata. Q J Microsc Sci 72:51-187
Haeckel E (1868) Naturliche Schopfungsgeschichte. Reimet, Berlin
Harada Y, Yasuo H, Satoh N (19~5) A sea urchin homologue of the chordate Brachyury (1)
gene is expressed in the secondary mesenchyme founder cells. Development 121:27472754
Herrmann BG, Kispert A (1994) The T genes in embryogenesis. Trends Genet 10:280-286
Herrmann BG, Labeit S, Poustka A, King TR, Lehrach H (1990) Cloning of the T gene
required in mesoderm formation in the mouse. Nature 343:617-622
Holland PWH, Garcia-Fernandez J (1996) Hox genes and chordate evolution. Dev Bioi
173:382-395
Holland PWH, Koschorz B, Holland LZ, Herrmann BG (1996) Conservation of Brachyury
(1) genes in amphioxus and vertebrates: developmental and evolutionary implications.
Development 121:4283-4291
Jefferies RPS (1986) The Ancestry of the vertebrates. Brit Mus Nat Hist, London
Kispert A, Herrmann BG (1993) The Brachyury gene encodes a novel DNA binding protein.
EMBO J 12:3211-3220
Kispert A, Koschorz B, Herrmann BG (1995a) The T protein encoded by Brachyury is a
tissue-specific transcription factor. EMBO J 14:4763-4772