xGCNF, a nuclear orphan receptor is expressed during neurulation in Xenopus laevis
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xGCNF, a nuclear orphan receptor is expressed during neurulation in Xenopus laevis
Nuclear orphan receptors are DNA binding proteins that share the domain structure of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily, although ligands are unknown. We have identified an orphan receptor in Xenopus laevis and named it xGCNF based on its high degree of sequence homology to the previously described murine germ cell nuclear factor (mGCNF). In gel-electrophoresis mobility shift analysis exp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Mechanisms of Development
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0925-4773
DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4773(96)00599-0