... primordia. Here we investigate functions of the Xenopus member of Anf, Xanf-1 , in the differentiation of the anterior neurectoderm. We demonstrate that ectopic Xanf-1 can expand the neural plate at expense of adjacent non-neural ectoderm. In tadpoles, the expanded regions of the plate developed...

...A. G. Zaraisky; V. Ecochard; O. V. Kazanskaya; S. A. Lukyanov; I. V. Fesenko; A.-M. Duprat ABSTRACT At the beginning of gastrulation the homeobox-containing gene, XANF-1 , is expressed at a low level throughout the animal hemisphere of Xenopus laevis embryos, with a local maximum of expression...