Genetic and genomic tools for Xenopus research: The NIH Xenopus initiative.
The NIH Xenopus Initiative is establishing many of the genetic and genomic resources that have been recommended by the Xenopus research community. These resources include cDNA libraries, expressed sequence tags, full-length cDNA sequences, genomic libraries, pilot projects to mutagenize and phenotype X. tropicalis, and sequencing the X. tropicalis genome. This review describes the status of these projects and explains how to access their data and resources. Current information about these activities is available on the NIH Xenopus Web site (http://www.nih.gov/science/models/xenopus/).
Klein
Steven L
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Developmental Biology, Genetics and Teratology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA. kleins@exchange.nih.gov
Strausberg
Robert L
RL
Wagner
Lukas
L
Pontius
Joan
J
Clifton
Sandra W
SW
Richardson
Paul
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D000818:Animals; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000378:metabolism; D019992:Databases as Topic; D015509:Developmental Biology / Q000379:methods; D020224:Expressed Sequence Tags; D015723:Gene Library; D009154:Mutation; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D010641:Phenotype; D012984:Software; D014481:United States; D014981:Xenopus / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics*
D018076:DNA, Complementary