Cis-regulatory control of the nodal gene, initiator of the sea urchin oral ectoderm gene network

Developmental Biology

Volumn 306, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 860-869

  Nam, Jongmin ^a   Su, Yi Hsien ^a   Lee, Pei Yun ^a   Robertson, Anthony J ^b   Coffman, James A ^b   Davidson, Eric H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

bZIP; Cis regulatory analysis; Community effect; Gene regulatory network; Nodal; Oral ectoderm; Positive feedback regulation; Sea urchin; SMAD; TGF beta

Indexed keywords

SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BZIP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NODAL GENE; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN;

ECHINOIDEA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 34249876002     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.03.033     Document Type: Article

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