title: Mespo: a novel basic helix-loop-helix gene expressed in the presomitic mesoderm and posterior tailbud of Xenopus embryos.
abstract: We have isolated a novel gene from Xenopus, called Mespo, which encodes a protein containing a basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) motif characteristic of a family of transcriptional activators. Mespo expression begins at the gastrula stage and continues throughout tailbud stages; expression occurs in the presomitic mesoderm and the posterior tailbud. Mespo has high similarity to a subfamily of bHLH transcription factors involved in segmentation of the presomitic paraxial mesoderm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. elaine@post.harvard.edu
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Cassetta
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D018257:Helix-Loop-Helix Motifs / Q000235:genetics; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008648:Mesoderm / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013623:Tail / Q000196:embryology; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics*; D029867:Xenopus Proteins; D014982:Xenopus laevis / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D004247:DNA; D017931:DNA Primers; D015534:Trans-Activators; D029867:Xenopus Proteins; C534575:Msgn1 protein, Xenopus