A retinoid binding lipocalin, Xlcpl1, relevant for embryonic pattern formation is expressed in the nervous system of Xenopus laevis

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 177-185

  Lepperdinger, Günter ^a   Engel, Edwin ^b   Richter, Klaus ^b  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Choroid plexus; Lipocalin; Neural plate; Retinoid binding; Xenopus laevis embryo

Indexed keywords

LIPOCALIN; MESSENGER RNA; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EYE; EYE MALFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MEDIATOR; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROECTODERM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0030868446     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050105     Document Type: Article

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