Expression of the Xenopus GTP-binding protein gene Ran during embryogenesis.
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 analyzed the pattern of expression of this gene during embryogenesis. Ran is expressed maternally and later in the CNS, neural crest, mesenchyme, eyes, and otic vesicles. However, expression is not detected in the somites or the notochord.
Onuma
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Department of Life Sciences (Biology), University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan.
Nishihara
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R
Takahashi
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S
Tanegashima
K
K
Fukui
A
A
Asashima
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M
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000378:metabolism*; D047108:Embryonic Development; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014981:Xenopus / Q000196:embryology; D020931:ran GTP-Binding Protein / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
D020931:ran GTP-Binding Protein