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A constitutively activated mutant of galphaq down-regulates EP-cadherin expression and decreases adhesion between ectodermal cells at gastrulation.
Mechanisms of development - 1 Aug 1998
Rizzoti K, Paquereau L, Shaw A, Knibiehler B, Audigier Y
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We have examined the expression and function of the heterotrimeric GTP-binding protein Gq during early Xenopus embryogenesis. Abundant XGalphaq transcripts were detected in oocytes and early embryos by Northern blot analysis. In situ hybridization revealed that these transcripts are confined to the animal hemisphere of the mature oocyte and to the presumptive ectoderm of cleaving embryos. Microinjection at the...
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