Cloning a novel developmental regulating gene, Xotx5: Its potential role in anterior formation in Xenopus laevis

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 87-93

  Kuroda, Hiroki ^a   Hayata, Tadayoshi ^a   Eisaki, Akira ^a   Asashima, Makoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Head inducer; Homeobox; Orthodenticle; Xenopus laevis; Xotx2

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; EUKARYOTA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034045025     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.2000.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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