title: Expression of CAP2 during early Xenopus embryogenesis.
abstract: We have cloned and characterized a second member of the Xenopus CAP (cyclase associated protein) gene family. xCAP2 demonstrates greater restriction of expression than its homolog, xCAP1, and is differentially expressed throughout early embryogenesis. Although present as a maternal transcript, CAP2 comes to be expressed in the anterior-most mesoderm/endoderm during late gastrulation, in paraxial mesoderm during late neurula stages, and later expresses in lens, cardiac primordia, somites, otic vesicles, retina, and in the optic and craniofacial musculature. The gene is also expressed in the leading edge of myotome.
authors: Dept. Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
authors: Marian
authors: M
authors: Wolanski
authors: Farhad
authors: F
authors: Khosrowshahian
authors: Lara
authors: L
authors: Jerant
authors: Ing-Suan
authors: IS
authors: Jap
authors: Jennifer
authors: J
authors: Brockman
authors: Michael J
authors: MJ
authors: Crawford
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D047108:Embryonic Development / Q000235:genetics; D054262:Gastrulation / Q000235:genetics; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D010802:Phylogeny; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D029867:Xenopus Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D014982:Xenopus laevis / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D029867:Xenopus Proteins