Sentences with phrase «laevis cells»

In this study, we used an in vivo strategy to determine if functional retinas could be generated from a defined population of pluripotent Xenopus laevis cells.

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The researchers tinkered with the voltage in cell membranes of developing African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis) and found that electric charge plays a role in how big the brain grows and what kind of tissue developing cells grow into.

The functionality of the «desensitized» beta - adrenergic receptor was assessed by implanting purified beta - adrenergic receptor preparations from control and desensitized turkey erythrocytes into phospholipid mixtures and then fusing them with receptor - deficient cells (Xenopus laevis erythrocytes).

We asked if pluripotent cells could be directed to generate all the retinal cell types necessary to form a functional eye in the frog, Xenopus laevis.

(A) YFP - only, or (B and C) EFTF RNAs were injected into both blastomeres of two - cell stage embryos from CAG - Venus YFP transgenic X. laevis.

Of approximately 14,400 transcripts evaluated by the Affymetrix GeneChip X. laevis Genome Array, 365 were induced greater than 2-fold in EFTF - expressing pluripotent cells.

Feric and Brangwynne study the mechanics of the cell nucleus using eggs from the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis.

The Xenopus laevis offers another oversized anatomical feature: Its large, translucent egg cells.