Regulative development of the sea urchin embryo: Signalling cascades and morphogen gradients

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 327-334

  Angerer, Lynne M ^a   Angerer, Robert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Axis; BMP4; Embryo; Fate; Notch; Regulation; Sea urchin; Signalling; catenin

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA;

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SEA URCHIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SEA URCHINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033145059     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1999.0292     Document Type: Article

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