title: Expression of muscle LIM protein during early development in Xenopus laevis.
abstract: We have isolated the Xenopus homologue of Muscle LIM protein (MLP, CRP3) and examined its expression during early embryonic development. MLP is only expressed in the differentiated heart during early development and is expressed in a subset of other striated muscles during later stages. There is no MLP expression during primary myogenesis in the somites, although it is found in adult skeletal muscle.
authors.affiliation: Lawson Health Research Institute, St. Joseph's Health Centre, Departments of Paediatrics, Physiology and Pharmacology, and Zoology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Li-Juan
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Joel A S
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Broomfield
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Drysdale
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000187:drug effects; D006321:Heart / Q000196:embryology; D060588:LIM Domain Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D019170:Somites / Q000378:metabolism; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014982:Xenopus laevis / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D060588:LIM Domain Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; C090114:cysteine and glycine-rich protein 3; D014212:Tretinoin