Xenopus FK 506-binding protein, a novel immunophilin expressed during early development

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 205-208

  Spokony, Rebecca ^a   Saint Jeannet, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Branchial arches; Epidermis; FK 506 binding protein; Immunophilin; Mesoderm; Notochord; Somite; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

FK 506 BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TESTIS; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOPHILINS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOTOCHORD; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TACROLIMUS BINDING PROTEINS; TAIL; TESTIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034212392     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00315-4     Document Type: Article

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