Expression of spicule matrix protein gene SM30 in embryonic and adult mineralized tissues of sea urchin Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 687-695

  Kitajima, Takashi ^a   Tomita, Masahiro ^a   Killian, Christopher E ^c   Akasaka, Koji ^b   Wilt, Fred H ^c  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

biomineralization; micromere; sea urchin; SM30 gene; Zn2+

Indexed keywords

MATRIX PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ANALYSIS; SEA URCHIN;

EID: 0030443321     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1996.t01-5-00012.x     Document Type: Article

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