Article
HpEts, an ets-related transcription factor implicated in primary mesenchyme cell differentiation in the sea urchin embryo.
Mechanisms of development - 1 Jan 1999
Kurokawa D, Kitajima T, Mitsunaga-Nakatsubo K, Amemiya S, Shimada H, Akasaka K
Abstract excerpt
The mechanism of micromere specification is one of the central issues in sea urchin development. In this study we have identified a sea urchin homologue of ets 1 + 2. HpEts, which is maternally expressed ubiquitously during the cleavage stage and which expression becomes restricted to the skeletogenic primary mesenchyme cells (PMC) after the hatching blastula stage. The overexpression of HpEts by mRNA injection...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Arylsulfatases
- Blotting, Northern
- Blotting, Southern
- Cell Adhesion Molecules
- Cell Count
- Cell Differentiation
- Cytoskeletal Proteins
- Extracellular Matrix Proteins
- Immunohistochemistry
- In Situ Hybridization
- Mesoderm