SpHmx, a sea urchin homeobox gene expressed in embryonic pigment cells

Developmental Biology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 213-222

  Martinez, Pedro ^a   Davidson, Eric H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN;

EID: 0031568298     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.8461     Document Type: Article

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