Transient activation of the micro1 homeobox gene family in the sea urchin (Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus) micromere

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-10

  Kitamura, Kazufumi ^a   Nishimura, Yukiko ^a   Kubotera, Naoya ^a   Higuchi, Yoshihiro ^a   Yamaguchi, Masaaki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryo; Homeobox gene; Micro1; Micromere; Sea urchin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; POLY(ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSE); PROTEIN MICRO1; PROTEIN PLHBOX12; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MATURATION; CHROMOSOME POLYMORPHISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCHYME; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EXTRACTION; SEA URCHIN; ZYGOTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SEA URCHINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; HEMICENTROTUS PULCHERRIMUS; INVERTEBRATA; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS;

EID: 0036943843     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-001-0202-3     Document Type: Article

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