Xenopus laevis is a widely used model organism in developmental and regeneration studies. Despite several reports regarding targeted integration techniques in Xenopus, there is still room for improvement of them, especially in creating reporter li...
Okumura A   Hayashi T   Ebisawa M   Yoshimura M   Sasagawa Y   Nikaido I   Umesono Y   Mochii M   
Planarians have established a unique body pattern along the anterior-posterior (AP) axis, which consists of at least four distinct body regions arranged in an anterior to posterior sequence: head, prepharyngeal, pharyngeal (containing a pharynx), ...
DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION 46(1) 97-105 2004年2月
The regeneration of the amputated tail of Xenopus laevis larvae is an excellent model system for regeneration research. The wound left by the amputated tail is covered with epidermis within 24 h. Then, the cell number increases near the amputation...
Y Kitamura   M Inden   H Sanada   K Takata   T Taniguchi   S Shimohama   H Orii   M Mochii   K Agata   K Watanabe   
JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES 92(2) 137-142 2003年6月
It has been known that rotenone and 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium ion (MPP+, a metabolite of MPTP), which inhibit mitochondrial complex I, are useful tools for parkinsonian models in vertebrates such as primates and rodents. Planarian, an invertebra...
Mechanisms of Development 118(1-2) 139-146 2002年10月
The plumage on the dorsal trunk of normal quail embryos exhibits longitudinal black and brown stripes of pigments produced by melanocytes. However, this pigmentation pattern disappeared in Bh (black at hatch) heterozygous and homozygous embryos be...
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日本動物学会
国際発生生物学会(International Society of Developmental Biologysts)