Regulated gene expression of hyaluronan synthases during Xenopus laevis development

Gene Expression Patterns

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 303-308

  Nardini, Martina ^a   Ori, Michela ^a   Vigetti, Davide ^d   Gornati, Rosalba ^d   Nardi, Irma ^a   Perris, Roberto ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Branchial arches; Cement gland; DG42; Has1; Has2; Has3; Hyaluronan; Hyaluronic acid synthase; Lens; Mesoderm; Neural crest cells; Otic vesicle; Pituitary anlage; Pronephros; Somites; Xenopus leavis

Indexed keywords

HYALURONAN SYNTHASE 1; HYALURONAN SYNTHASE 2; HYALURONAN SYNTHASE 3; MESSENGER RNA; MYOD PROTEIN; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INNER EAR; MESODERM; MUSCLE CELL; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SKULL; STEADY STATE; TAIL; TRUNK; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; EAR OSSICLES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUSCLES; NEURAL CREST; TRANSFERASES; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 1642276945     PISSN: 1567133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.modgep.2003.10.006     Document Type: Article

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