Activation of the skeletogenic gene regulatory network in the early sea urchin embryo

Development

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1149-1157

  Sharma, Tara ^a   Ettensohn, Charles A ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alx1; Gene regulatory network; Primary mesenchyme; Sea urchin

Indexed keywords

HESC PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ALX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DELTA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PMAR1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEA URCHIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ECHINOIDEA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEIN C-ETS-1; SEA URCHINS;

EID: 77950494318     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.048652     Document Type: Article

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