Xenopus differentiation: VegT gets specific.
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.
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Wellcome/CRC Institute, Tennis Court Road, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 1QR, UK. fs1@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D019521:Body Patterning; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D016764:Cell Polarity / Q000502:physiology; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000166:cytology; D004707:Endoderm / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D008648:Mesoderm / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D020825:T-Box Domain Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000502:physiology*; D014981:Xenopus / Q000196:embryology*; D029867:Xenopus Proteins
D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D020825:T-Box Domain Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C103966:VegT protein, Xenopus; D029867:Xenopus Proteins