非洲爪蟾的分化：VegT变得具有特异性。

Xenopus differentiation: VegT gets specific.

作者信息

Stennard F

机构信息

Wellcome/CRC Institute, Tennis Court Road, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 1QR, UK.

出版信息

Curr Biol. 1998;8(25):R928-30. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)00012-8.

DOI:10.1016/s0960-9822(98)00012-8

PMID:9889094

Abstract

Depletion of the maternal store of the localised mRNA encoding the T-box transcription factor VegT in Xenopus embryos has recently been shown to dramatically block endoderm formation and change the normal position of the mesodermal and ectodermal germ layers.

摘要

最近研究表明，非洲爪蟾胚胎中编码T盒转录因子VegT的定位mRNA的母体储存耗尽，会显著阻断内胚层形成，并改变中胚层和外胚层胚层的正常位置。