XMam1, the Xenopus homologue of mastermind, is essential to primary neurogenesis in Xenopus laevis embryos

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 397-404

  Katada, Tomohisa ^a   Kinoshita, Tsutomu ^a  

^a KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mastermind; Notch signaling; Primary neurogenesis; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GENE PRODUCT; GLUTAMINE; MESSENGER RNA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN MASTERMIND; PROTEIN XMAM1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE; FEMALE; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INVERTEBRATE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSACTIVATION; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZYGOTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0242330831     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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