title: Xenomics.
abstract: Xenopus genomics, or Xenomics for short, is coming of age. Indeed, biological insight into processes such as growth factor signaling and patterning of the early embryo is now being gained by combining the value of Xenopus as a model organism for cell and developmental biology with genomic approaches. In this review I address these recent advances and explore future possibilities gained from combining this powerful experimental system with genomic approaches, as well as how our quest to understand basic biological principles will be greatly facilitated though the marriage of Xenopus and genomics.
authors.affiliation: The Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, CB2 1QN, United Kingdom. enrique.amaya@manchester.ac.uk
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Amaya
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D020224:Expressed Sequence Tags; D005260:Female; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000235:genetics; D016678:Genome; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D009865:Oocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D014981:Xenopus / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics*; D029867:Xenopus Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D014982:Xenopus laevis / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D029867:Xenopus Proteins