Characterization of the 38 kDa protein lacking in gastrula-arrested mutant Xenopus embryos

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 8-9, 2010, Pages 1347-1353

  Tanaka, Tetsuya S ^a   Nishiumi, Fumiko ^b   Komiya, Tohru ^b   Ikenishi, Kohji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elongation factor; Gastrulation arrest; Ova deficient mutant; Peptide mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR 1; ELONGATION FACTOR 1 DELTA; ELONGATION FACTOR 1 DELTA 1; ELONGATION FACTOR 1 DELTA 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GASTRULATION; GROWTH DISORDER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WILD TYPE; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATION; OOCYTES; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; TIME FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

AMBYSTOMA; AMPHIBIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 77957710721     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.092862tt     Document Type: Article

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