Animal-vegetal axis patterning mechanisms in the early sea urchin embryo

Developmental Biology

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-12

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric cleavage; Catenin; Cell fate specification; Cell cell signaling; Ets; Gene regulation; Induction; Maternal determinants; Notch; Pattern formation; Sox; Transcription factor; Wnt

Indexed keywords

CATENIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; BLASTOMERE; CELL FATE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC REGULATION; MESENCHYME; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REVIEW; SEA URCHIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034141265     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9553     Document Type: Review

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