SpHbox7, a new Abd-B class homeobox gene from the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus: Insights into the evolution of hox gene expression and function

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 450-460

  Dobias, Sonia L ^a   Zhao, Allan Zijian ^a   Tan, Hongying ^a   Bell, Jeffrey R ^a   Maxson, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abd B; Homeobox; Sea Urchin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTULA; ECTODERM; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HOMEOBOX; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AGING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEA URCHINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CHORDATA; ECHINOIDEA; PLUTEUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 0029908348     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199612)207:4<450::AID-AJA9>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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