Temporal and spatial manipulation of gene expression in Xenopus embryos by injection of heat shock promoter-containing plasmids

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 369-376

  Michiue, Tatsuo ^a   Asashima, Makoto ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

catenin; Ectopic expression; Gene manipulation; GFP; Heat shock; hsp70; Injection; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; HEAT SHOCK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; WESTERN BLOTTING; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEAT; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 12344292410     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20233     Document Type: Article

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