“…Here, we provide an overview of the major molecular and cytological events of ovulation observed in frogs, primarily in the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis, using mainly ex vivo approaches, with the focus on meiotic oocyte maturation and follicle rupture. …”
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“…Here, we employed a concept that exploits transcardial injection and vascular distribution of unicellular green algae or cyanobacteria in the brain of Xenopus laevis tadpoles. Using oxygen measurements in the brain ventricle, we found that these microorganisms robustly produce sizable amounts of O(2) upon illumination. …”
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“…A functional analysis of Xenopus laevis oocytes confirmed that NPF1.3 plays a role as a nitrate transporter. …”
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“…Neural tube closure (NTC) is a fundamental process during vertebrate development and is indispensable for the formation of the central nervous system. Here, using Xenopus laevis embryos, live imaging, single-cell tracking, optogenetics and loss-of-function experiments, we examine the roles of convergent extension and apical constriction, and define the role of the surface ectoderm during NTC. …”
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“…Finally, we use CAIM to study calcium and cytoskeletal actin information flow patterns between Xenopus laevis embryonic animal cap stem cells. The tools that we present here should enable biologists to apply information theory to develop a systems-level understanding of information processing across a diverse array of experimental systems.…”
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“…Such cell cycle oscillations occur fast and periodically in the early embryos of the frog Xenopus laevis, where several positive-feedback loops leading to bistable switches in parts of the regulatory network have been experimentally identified. …”
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“…Previous work has shown that junction reinforcement at the furrow in Xenopus laevis epithelia regulates the speed of furrowing(1). …”
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“…A comparison of the structural parameters between human and Xenopus laevis DNA reveals that the DNA path of human NCP consecutively shifts by 1 bp in the regions of superhelix axis location −5.0 to −2.0 and 5.0 to 7.0. …”
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“…We have studied this domain and related fragments in vitro and by a functional assay involving over-expression of the protein in Xenopus laevis embryos. Analytical ultracentrifugation shows that removal of the acidic N- and C-terminal regions does not prevent the formation of larger multimers, which are predominantly hexadecamers. …”
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“…In mammals, the MIXL1 (Mix. 1 homeobox [Xenopus laevis]-like gene 1) gene is the sole representative of this family. …”
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“…We measured the distributions of oriented microtubules in metaphase anastral spindles in Xenopus laevis extracts by fluorescence speckle microscopy and cross-correlation analysis. …”
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“…Only slight tissue-dependent changes in the percentages of hybridization can be observed in heterologous hybridization using Xenopus laevis rRNA. The possibility that these experiments could not detect differences in the amount of ribosomal cistrons among tissues is discussed. …”
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“…The calcium-binding protein, calmodulin, has been purified from Xenopus laevis oocytes. This 18,500-dalton protein, pl 4.3, has two high- affinity calcium-binding sites per mole protein having a dissociation constant of 2.8 x 10(-6) M. …”
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“…Cultured fibroblasts or epithelial cells derived from Xenopus laevis embryos were directly frozen, freeze-substituted by an improved method, and then either critical-point-dried and viewed as whole mounts, or embedded and thin sectioned. …”
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“…Incubation of demembranated sperm chromatin in cytoplasmic extracts of unfertilized Xenopus laevis eggs resulted in nuclear envelope assembly, chromosome decondensation, and sperm pronuclear formation. …”
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“…We have obtained evidence that a known intracellular component of the cadherin cell-cell adhesion machinery, beta-catenin, contributes to the development of the body axis in the frog Xenopus laevis. Vertebrate beta-catenin is homologous to the Drosophila segment polarity gene product armadillo, and to vertebrate plakoglobin (McCrea, P. …”
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“…Before initiation of DNA replication, origin recognition complex (ORC) proteins, cdc6, and minichromosome maintenance (MCM) proteins bind to chromatin sequentially and form preinitiation complexes. Using Xenopus laevis egg extracts, we find that after the formation of these complexes and before initiation of DNA replication, cdc6 is rapidly removed from chromatin, possibly degraded by a cdk2-activated, ubiquitin-dependent proteolytic pathway. …”
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“…Cytokinetic RhoA activity zones are common to four echinoderm species, the vertebrate Xenopus laevis, and the highly asymmetric cytokinesis accompanying meiosis. …”
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“…We studied the role of the TACC3–XMAP215 complex in this process by using purified proteins and Xenopus laevis egg extracts. We show that TACC3 forms a one-to-one complex with and enhances the microtubule-stabilizing activity of XMAP215 in vitro. …”
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