Click here for details about research in the Browder laboratory. Transgenic Xenopus laevis tadpole expressing the Green Fluorescent Protein gene under control of the cytomegalovirus promoter. The tadpole was generated by Jill Johnston in Leon Browder's laboratory using the technique of Kroll and Amaya. These two techniques, combined with the accessibility and ease of manipulation of Xenopus embryos, should provide investigators with unprecedented opportunities to examine the molecular basis of early development. The Xenopus Molecular Marker Resource References Fu, Y., Wang, Y. and Evans, S.M. 1998.
Viral sequences enable efficient and tissue-specific expression of trangenes in Xenopus .
Gurdon, J.B., Lane, C.D., Woodland, H.R. and Marbaix, G. 1971. Use of frog eggs and oocytes for the study of messenger RNA and its translation in living cells. Kroll, K.L. and Amaya, E. 1996. Transgenic Xenopus embryos from sperm nuclear transplantations reveal FGF signaling requirements during gastrulation. Tutorial Exercise Amphibian Tutorial Dynamic Development at a Glance Main Page Dynamic Development Dynamic Development is a Virtual Embryo learning resource This material may be reproduced for educational purposes only provided credit is given to the original source.