RNA of AmVegT, the axolotl orthologue of the Xenopus meso-endodermal determinant, is not localized in the oocyte

Gene Expression Patterns

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 197-201

  Nath, Kimberly ^a   Elinson, Richard P ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma; Amphibian; Anuran; Axolotl; Gastrula; Localized RNA; Mesoderm; Mesodermal determinant; Oocyte; Rohon Beard neuron; T box; Tailbud; Transcription factor; Urodele; VegT

Indexed keywords

RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AMVEGT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; FEMALE; GASTRULATION; MESODERM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRA FISH;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; OOCYTES; RNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMPHIBIA; DANIO RERIO; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33750833958     PISSN: 1567133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.modgep.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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