Runx expression is mitogenic and mutually linked to Wnt activity in Blastula-stage sea urchin embryos

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Robertson, Anthony J ^a   Coluccio, Alison ^a   Knowlton, Peter ^a   Dickey Sims, Carrie ^b   Coffman, James A ^a  

^a MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CYCLIN D; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE 3; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; WNT6 PROTEIN; WNT8 PROTEIN; CYCLINE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLASTULA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA FLANKING REGION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MITOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEA URCHIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA;

ANIMALS; BLASTULA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 2 SUBUNIT; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA SUBUNITS; CYCLINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEA URCHINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 56849112956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003770     Document Type: Article

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