Specification of cell fate in the sea urchin embryo: Summary and some proposed mechanisms

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 3269-3290

  Davidson, Eric H ^a   Cameron, R Andrew ^a   Ransick, Andrew ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous specification; Conditional specification; Echinoderm; Endomesoderm; Gene regulator; Larva; Lineage; Marker gene; Rudiment

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BLASTOMERE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEA URCHIN;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; BODY PATTERNING; CELL POLARITY; CHIMERA; ECTODERM; ENDODERM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; LARVA; MALE; MESODERM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVUM; SEA URCHINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 0031697442     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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