Metamorphosis-dependent transcriptional regulation of xak-c, a novel Xenopus type I keratin gene

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 225, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 561-570

  Watanabe, Yusuke ^a   Tanaka, Rumi ^a   Kobayashi, Hisao ^b   Utoh, Rie ^a   Suzuki, Ken Ichi ^a   Obara, Masanobu ^a   Yoshizato, Katsutoshi ^a,b,c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphibian metamorphosis; EGFP; Epidermis; Gene gun; Luciferase gene; Promoter; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; KERATIN; LIOTHYRONINE; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN XAK C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADULT KERATIN C, XENOPUS; ADULT KERATIN-C, XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA ISOLATION; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; KERATINOCYTE; MAMMAL; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPORTER GENE; TADPOLE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TIME; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KERATINS; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0036896834     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.10196     Document Type: Article

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