XB-ART-19691
Mech Dev
1995 Jun 01;512-3:235-49.
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Isolation and embryonic expression of Xel-1, a nervous system-specific Xenopus gene related to the elav gene family.
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We have identified a new member of the elav gene family in Xenopus laevis. This gene, Xel-1, like the other elav-related genes, encodes a putative RNA-binding protein that contains three RNA Recognition Motifs and is solely expressed in the nervous system. Xel-1 is most likely the Xenopus homologue of Hel-N1, one of the three known human genes related to elav. Xel-1 is not expressed in early neural precursors but rather in differentiating neurons of the central nervous system, as well as in the cranial and the spinal ganglion cells. Xel-1 thus appears to be an early differentiation marker for both the central and the peripheral nervous system of Xenopus laevis.
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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: elavl1