Loss of REEP4 causes paralysis of the Xenopus embryo

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-43

  Argasinska, Joanna ^a   Rana, Amer A ^a   Gilchrist, Michael J ^a   Lachani, Kim ^a   Young, Alice ^a   Smith, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Muscle; Neural; REEP4; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECEPTOR EXPRESSION ENHANCING PROTEIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMPHIBIAN PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARRIER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MARKER GENE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE MALFORMATION; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TAIL; XENOPUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CHEMISTRY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

MAMMALIA; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DOWN-REGULATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PARALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; XENOPUS;

EID: 67449162000     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.072542ja     Document Type: Article

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