Artefactual gene induction during preparation of Xenopus laevis animal cap explants

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 563-566

  Krain, Bernhard ^b   Nordheim, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Animal cap; Ets transcription factors; Serum response element; Xegr 1; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPLANT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC REGULATION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; DISSECTION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ETS-DOMAIN PROTEIN ELK-1; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032737481     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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