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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-4-13
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Mouse Impact is an imprinted gene encoding an evolutionarily conserved protein of unknown function. We isolated cDNA for the Xenopus homolog of Impact (Ximpact), since the clawed frog not only provides an excellent model for the study of gene function in early development but also allows the generation of interspecific F1 hybrids required for the examination of allelic expression status. The predicted product of Ximpact shows an extreme sequence similarity to those of mouse Impact and its homologs in nematoda, fission yeast, and budding yeast. The transcript of Ximpact is present in oocytes as well as in early embryos, and its spatial distribution is ubiquitous in both embryonic and adult stages. An RT-PCR-RFLP assay using the reciprocal interspecific F1 hybrids and a DNA polymorphism between X. laevis and X. borealis showed that Ximpact is expressed biallelically when analyzed as a whole embryo. Overexpression of Ximpact by RNA microinjection resulted in a higher than normal rate of gastrulation defects, suggesting the need for tight control of its dosage in early development.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1999 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
256
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
162-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10066441-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:10066441-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10066441-Amino Acid Substitution, pubmed-meshheading:10066441-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10066441-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10066441-Chimera, pubmed-meshheading:10066441-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:10066441-Embryo, Nonmammalian, pubmed-meshheading:10066441-Embryonic Development, pubmed-meshheading:10066441-Evolution, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:10066441-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:10066441-Genomic Imprinting, pubmed-meshheading:10066441-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10066441-Microinjections, pubmed-meshheading:10066441-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10066441-Oocytes, pubmed-meshheading:10066441-Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, pubmed-meshheading:10066441-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10066441-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:10066441-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10066441-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10066441-Xenopus, pubmed-meshheading:10066441-Xenopus Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10066441-Xenopus laevis
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Spatiotemporal, allelic, and enforced expression of Ximpact, the Xenopus homolog of mouse imprinted gene impact.
pubmed:affiliation
Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Tokyo, Minato-ku, 108-8639, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't