Nuclear β-catenin is required to specify vegetal cell fates in the sea urchin embryo

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 345-357

  Logan, Catriona Y ^a,c   Miller, Jeffrey R ^b   Ferkowicz, Michael J ^a   McClay, David R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial patterning; Catenin; Cell signaling; Sea urchin; Vegetal cell fate

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; LITHIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL NUCLEUS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CARBOCYANINES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MESODERM; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEA URCHINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032914194     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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