RNA interference for the organizer-specific gene Xlim-1 in Xenopus embryos

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 274, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 434-439

  Nakano, Hiroaki ^a   Amemiya, Shonan ^a   Shiokawa, Koichiro ^a   Taira, Masanori ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA; Double stranded RNA; Homeobox gene; RNA interference; RNAi; Spemann organizer; Xenopus laevis; Xlim 1

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; LUCIFERASE; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAD; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034596262     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.3178     Document Type: Article

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