SpTie1/2 is expressed in coelomocytes, axial organ and embryos of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, and is an orthologue of vertebrate Tie1 and Tie2

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 884-895

  Stevens, Margaret E ^a   Dhillon, Jatinder ^a   Miller, Chase A ^b   Messier Solek, Cynthia ^c   Majeske, Audrey J ^b   Zuelke, Dustin ^a   Rast, Jonathan P ^c   Smith, L Courtney ^b  

^a RIPON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axial organ; Coelomocyte; Echinoderm; Embryo; Receptor tyrosine kinase; TEK

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN; ANGIOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBRONECTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TIE 1 RECEPTOR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHINODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEMATOPOIESIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEA URCHIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL CULTURE; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, TIE-1; RECEPTOR, TIE-2; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 77952869116     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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