Conservation of Endo16 expression in sea urchins despite evolutionary divergence in both cis and trans-acting components of transcriptional regulation

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 4187-4199

  Romano, Laura A ^a   Wray, Gregory A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Echinoderm; Endo16; Evolution; Promoter; Sea urchin; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN ENDO16; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOASSAY; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; LARVA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SEA URCHIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

NASA DISCIPLINE EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; NASA PROGRAM FUNDAMENTAL SPACE BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; SEA URCHINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; LYTECHINUS; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 0041677607     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00611     Document Type: Review

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