ske-T, a T-box gene expressed in the skeletogenic mesenchyme lineage of the sea urchin embryo

Mech Dev. 2001 Sep;107(1-2):159-62. doi: 10.1016/s0925-4773(01)00470-1.

Abstract

T-box transcription factors regulate many developmental processes. Here we report the cloning and expression analysis of ske-T, a novel sea urchin T-box gene. The distribution of the maternal ske-T transcript is uniform in the egg and early embryonic stages while zygotic expression is restricted to the skeletogenic mesenchyme lineage.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian / metabolism*
  • Gene Expression*
  • Mesoderm / metabolism
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Sea Urchins / embryology*
  • Sea Urchins / genetics*
  • Sea Urchins / metabolism
  • Transcription Factors / chemistry
  • Transcription Factors / genetics*
  • Zygote / metabolism

Substances

  • Ske-T protein, Paracentrotus lividus
  • Transcription Factors