cDNA cloning and its pronephros-specific expression of the Wilms' tumor suppressor gene, WT1, from Xenopus laevis

Gene

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 167-172

  Semba, Kentaro ^a   Saito Ueno, Rika ^a   Takayama, Gensuke ^a   Kondo, Mariko ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA cloning; Frog; In situ hybridization; Kidney; Pronephros; Testis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCINE; PROLINE; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TESTIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030579108     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00143-6     Document Type: Article

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