Cis-regulation downstream of cell type specification: A single compact element controls the complex expression of the CyIIa gene in sea urchin embryos

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1381-1395

  Arnone, Maria I ^a,b   Martin, Ellen L ^b   Davidson, Eric H ^b  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; CyIIa; Gene regulation; Green fluorescent protein (GFP); Regulation; Sea urchin; Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; GENE CONTROL; INTRON; MESENCHYME; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BODY PATTERNING; CYTOSKELETON; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA PRIMERS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, MESSENGER; SEA URCHINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; LYTECHINUS PICTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 0031865843     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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