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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Xenopus laevis
SUBMITTER: Sally Moody
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-48659 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists 20131221 3
<h4>Background</h4>Many animals utilize maternal mRNAs to pre-pattern the embryo before the onset of zygotic transcription. In Xenopus laevis, vegetal factors specify the germ line, endoderm, and dorsal axis, but there are few studies demonstrating roles for animal-enriched maternal mRNAs. Therefore, we carried out a microarray analysis to identify novel maternal transcripts enriched in 8-cell-stage animal blastomeres.<h4>Results</h4>We identified 39 mRNAs isolated from 8-cell animal blastomeres ...[more]