Xenopus laevis

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Xenopus laevis

a toad used in the test of pregnancy in women. Called also African clawed toad.

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African African trypanosomiasis			During oocyte maturation in Xenopus laevis oocytes, an increase in free [Ca. Involvement of [Ca.sup.2+] signaling pathway during oocyte maturation ... by Zhang, Tao; Wang, Qing; Yang, Hongsheng / Journal of Shellfish Research Xenopus laevis embryo/larvae up to 4 weeks old were used for the experiment. Toxicity of venom from two tarantula species by Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science The scientists have identified a compound which, when introduced into Xenopus Laevis tadpoles, blocks the movement of the pigment cells that give the tadpoles their distinctive markings and which develop into the familiar greenish-brown of the adult frog. Tadpoles could help fight cancer by Asian News International			xen- Xenical xeno- xenoantibody xenoantigen xenobiothomochelidonine xenobiotic xenobiotics xenodiagnosis xenoestrogens xenogeneic xenogenesis xenogenic xenogenous xenograft xenoimmunization xenology xenoma xenon xenon-133 xenoparasite xenophobia xenophonia xenophthalmia Xenopsylla Xenopus laevis xenoreactivity xenotransplant Xenotransplantation xenotropic xenotropic virus xenotype Xepin xer(o)- xer- Xerecept xero- xerochilia xeroderma xeroderma pigmentosa xeroderma pigmentosum xerodermoid xerodermosteosis xerogenic xerogram xerography xeroma xeromammogram xeromammography xeromenia xerophagia			Xenopterygii Xenopterygii Xenopus Xenopus Xenopus ADF Xenopus Axin-Related Protein Xenopus Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor Xenopus Bone Morphogenetic Protein Xenopus Carboxy-Terminal Kinesin 2 Xenopus Chromosome-Associated Protein Xenopus Cysteine String Protein Xenopus Early Response 1 Xenopus Egg Extract Xenopus Elongation Factor Xenopus Embryonic Serine Protease Xenopus Estrogen Receptor Xenopus Estrogen Receptor ERE Xenopus Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor Xenopus Fork Head Domain Xenopus frog Xenopus frog Xenopus Gene Collection Xenopus Glucocorticoid Receptor Accessory Factor Xenopus Heat Shock Transcription Factor 1 Xenopus HES-Related 1 Xenopus Insulin Receptor Substrate Xenopus intermediate filament protein Xenopus laevis Xenopus Laevis Histone H5 Xenopus Laevis Lung Xenopus Laevis Oocyte Xenopus Larval Keratin Xenopus Liver Plasma Membrane Xenopus MARCKS Xenopus Microtubule Assembly Protein Xenopus Molecular Marker Resource Xenopus Nodal-Related Xenopus Nuclear Factor 7 Xenopus Origin Recognition Complex Xenopus Progesterone Receptor Xenopus proteins Xenopus proteins Xenopus Red Blood Cells Xenopus Regulatory Light Chain Xenopus retinal glial Xenopus Telomerase RNA Xenopus Tropicalis Gene Index Xenopus tyrosine kinase Xenopus Upstream Binding Factor Xenopus Wounding Induced Gene 1 Xenopuses Xenopuses xenoreactivity Xenorhyncus

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