Expression cloning of Xenopus zygote arrest 2 (Xzar2) as a novel epidermalization-promoting factor in early embryos of Xenopus laevis

Genes to Cells

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 583-595

  Nakajima, Yuka ^a,b   Okamoto, Harumasa ^a,c   Kubo, Tai ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR 1; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; KERATIN; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; SMAD6 PROTEIN; SMAD7 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOPUS PROTEIN; XENOPUS ZYGOTE ARREST 2 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPERNATANT; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 65449174290     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: 13652443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2009.01291.x     Document Type: Article

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