Expression of the Xenopus GTP-binding protein gene Ran during embryogenesis

Authors
Onuma, Y Nishihara, R Takahashi, S Tanegashima, K Fukui, A Asashima, M
Citation
Y. Onuma et al., Expression of the Xenopus GTP-binding protein gene Ran during embryogenesis, DEV GENES E, 210(6), 2000, pp. 325-327
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Cell & Developmental Biology
Journal title
DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION
ISSN journal
0949944X → ACNP
Volume
210
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
325 - 327
Database
ISI
SICI code
0949-944X(200006)210:6<325:EOTXGP>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The Ran gene family encodes small GTP binding proteins that are associated with a variety of nuclear processes. We isolated a Xenopus Ran cDNA and ana lyzed the pattern of expression of this gene during embryogenesis. Ran is e xpressed maternally and later in the CNS, neural crest, mesenchyme, eyes, a nd otic vesicles. However, expression is not detected in the somites or the notochord.