Vasa protein expression is restricted to the small micromeres of the sea urchin, but is inducible in other lineages early in development

Developmental Biology

Volumn 314, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 276-286

  Voronina, Ekaterina ^a   Lopez, Manuel ^e   Juliano, Celina E ^a   Gustafson, Eric ^a   Song, Jia L ^a   Extavour, Cassandra ^b   George, Sophie ^c   Oliveri, Paola ^d   McClay, David ^e   Wessel, Gary ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Sea urchin; Small micromeres; Vasa

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; DEAD BOX PROTEIN; LITHIUM; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN VASA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GERM CELL; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA TRANSLATION; SEA URCHIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEM CELL; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 39149133980     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.11.039     Document Type: Article

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