A wave of IP3 production accompanies the fertilization Ca2+ wave in the egg of the frog, Xenopus laevis: theoretical and experimental support

John Wagner; Christopher P Fall; Feng Hong; Christopher E Sims; Nancy L Allbritton; Ray A Fontanilla; Ion I Moraru; Leslie M Loew; Richard Nuccitelli

doi:10.1016/j.ceca.2003.10.009

A wave of IP3 production accompanies the fertilization Ca2+ wave in the egg of the frog, Xenopus laevis: theoretical and experimental support

Cell Calcium ◽

10.1016/j.ceca.2003.10.009 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 35 (5) ◽

pp. 433-447 ◽

Cited By ~ 41

Author(s):

John Wagner ◽

Christopher P Fall ◽

Feng Hong ◽

Christopher E Sims ◽

Nancy L Allbritton ◽

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Keyword(s):

Xenopus Laevis ◽

Experimental Support

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Author response for "Amphibian thalamic nuclear organization during larval development and in the adult frog Xenopus laevis : genoarchitecture and hodological analysis"

10.1002/cne.24899/v2/response1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ruth Morona ◽

Sandra Bandín ◽

Jesús M. López ◽

Nerea Moreno ◽

Agustín González

Keyword(s):

Xenopus Laevis ◽

Larval Development ◽

Nuclear Organization ◽

Author Response ◽

Adult Frog

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Androgen-induced plasticity at a “vocal” neuromuscular synapse

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100167895 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 52 ◽

pp. 32-33

Author(s):

Darcy B. Kelley ◽

Martha L. Tobias ◽

Mark Ellisman

Keyword(s):

Xenopus Laevis ◽

Motor Neurons ◽

Sexual Differentiation ◽

Molecular Basis ◽

Neuromuscular Synapse ◽

Sexually Dimorphic ◽

Intracellular Protein ◽

Developmental Program ◽

Androgen Action ◽

Clawed Frog

Brain and muscle are sexually differentiated tissues in which masculinization is controlled by the secretion of androgens from the testes. Sensitivity to androgen is conferred by the expression of an intracellular protein, the androgen receptor. A central problem of sexual differentiation is thus to understand the cellular and molecular basis of androgen action. We do not understand how hormone occupancy of a receptor translates into an alteration in the developmental program of the target cell. Our studies on sexual differentiation of brain and muscle in Xenopus laevis are designed to explore the molecular basis of androgen induced sexual differentiation by examining how this hormone controls the masculinization of brain and muscle targets.Our approach to this problem has focused on a highly androgen sensitive, sexually dimorphic neuromuscular system: laryngeal muscles and motor neurons of the clawed frog, Xenopus laevis. We have been studying sex differences at a synapse, the laryngeal neuromuscular junction, which mediates sexually dimorphic vocal behavior in Xenopus laevis frogs.

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