The SpHE gene is downregulated in sea urchin late blastulae despite persistence of multiple positive factors sufficient to activate its promoter

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-178

  Zheng, Wei ^a   Kenny, Alan P ^a   Angerer, Lynne M ^a   Angerer, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Multiple positive factors; Sea urchin late blastulae; SpHE; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SEA URCHIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CHROMATIN; DOWN-REGULATION; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEA URCHINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 0342547152     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(97)00118-4     Document Type: Article

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