Overexpression of S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase (SAMDC) in Xeno-pus embryos activates maternal program of apoptosis as a "fail-safe" mechanism of early embryogenesis

Cell Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 147-158

  Kai, Masatake ^a,e   Kaito, Chikara ^a   Fukamachi, Hiroshi ^a   Higo, Takayasu ^a   Ta Kayama, Eiji ^b   Hara, Hiroshi ^c   Ohya, Yoshikazu ^a   Igarashi, Kazuei ^d   Shiokawa, Koichiro ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fail safe mechanism; Maternal apoptosis program; MBT; Processing defective SAMDC mutant; SAMDC overexpression

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLASTULA; CELL DIVISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LARVA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XENOPUS;

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLASTULA; CELL DIVISION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LARVA; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; XENOPUS;

EID: 1542437317     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cr.7290159     Document Type: Article

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