The evolution of Msx gene function: Expression and regulation of a sea urchin Msx class homeobox gene

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 37-48

  Dobias, Sonia L ^a   Ma, Liang ^a,b   Wu, Hailin ^a   Bell, Jeffrey R ^c   Maxson, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

gastrulation; homeobox; Msx; sea urchin; tissue interactions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EVOLUTION; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN; TISSUE INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEA URCHINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031043679     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(96)00617-X     Document Type: Article

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