Requirement of spOtx in cell fate decisions in the sea urchin embryo and possible role as a mediator of β-catenin signaling

Developmental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 425-439

  Li, Xiaotao ^a   Wikramanayake, Athula H ^a   Klein, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Engrailed repression; Otx proteins; Sea urchin embryos; catenin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL FATE; ECTOGENESIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DROSOPHILA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033567029     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9360     Document Type: Article

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