Project description:We defined genome-wide regulatory inputs of the T-box transcription factors Brachyury (Xbra), Eomesodermin (Eomes) and VegT that maintain neuro-mesodermal stem cells and determine their bipotential fates in the Xenopus tropicalis frog embryo.
Project description:We defined genome-wide regulatory inputs of the T-box transcription factors Brachyury (Xbra), Eomesodermin (Eomes) and VegT that maintain neuro-mesodermal stem cells and determine their bipotential fates in the Xenopus tropicalis frog embryo. Binding profiles for Xbra, Eomes and VegT in X. tropicalis embryos (ChIP-Seq)
Project description:We mapped and sequenced the SLC26A5 of the American bullfrog from its inner ear cDNA using RNA-Seq. The frog SLC26A5 cDNA was 2,292 bp long, encoding a polypeptide of 763 amino acid residues, with 40% identity to mammals. After isolating the prestin gene of the frog, we generated a stable cell line transfected with this new coding gene and found it possessing similar electrophysiological features as the hair cells from the frog’s auditory organ. Our experiment demonstrated that the new coding gene could encode a functionally active protein conferring NLC to both frog HCs and the mammalian cell line.