PRIMARY NEUROGENESIS IN XENOPUS EMBRYOS REGULATED BY A HOMOLOG OF THE DROSOPHILA NEUROGENIC GENE-DELTA

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作者
CHITNIS, A [1 ]
HENRIQUE, D [1 ]
LEWIS, J [1 ]
ISHHOROWICZ, D [1 ]
KINTNER, C [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV OXFORD, DEPT ZOOL,IMPERIAL CANC RES FUND, DEV GENET & ORGANOGENESIS LABS,DEV BIOL UNIT, OXFORD OX1 3PS, ENGLAND
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10.1038/375761a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
X-Delta-1, a Xenopus homologue of the Drosophila Delta gene, is expressed in the early embryonic nervous system in scattered cells that appear to be the prospective primary neurons. Ectopic X-Delta-1 activity inhibits production of primary neurons and interference with endogenous X-Delta-1 activity results in overproduction of primary neurons. These results indicate that the X-Delta-1 protein mediates lateral inhibition delivered by prospective neurons to adjacent cells, and that commitment to a neural fate in vertebrates is regulated by Delta-Notch signalling as in Drosophila.
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