The cytoskeletal effector xPAK1 is expressed during both ear and lateral line development in Xenopus

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 245-248

  Islam, Nazrul ^a   Poitras, Luc ^a   Moss, Tom ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ear; Lateral line; Xenopus; XPAK1

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; MECHANORECEPTOR; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AGE FACTORS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYTOSKELETON; EAR; EPITHELIUM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034025945     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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