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Darmin/Darmin-r: novel member of glutamate carboxypeptidase family; similar to human glutamate carboxypeptidase-like protein 2 (hGCP2); endoderm-specific expression.

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Darmin expression up to St. 25; intact and hemi-sectioned embryos..
Arrowheads, DLB;
arrow, liver diverticulum.

 Lateral view of St. 28 showing strong Darmin expression in midgut. Lateral view of St. 32. Lateral view of St. 40.
Maternal Darmin-r transcripts at 4-cell stage. Lateral view of St. 32 showing weak Darmin-r expression in lens (ls) and pronephric glomera (gl). Inset, transverse section showing expression in glomera.
Cloned by: Original description:
Pera et al. in E.M. De Robertis' laboratory

Pera EM, Martinez SL, Flanagan JJ, Brechner M, Wessely O, De Robertis EM. Darmin is a novel secreted protein expressed during endoderm development in Xenopus. Gene Expr. Patterns 3 2003:147-152.
Images submitted by: Sequence
Assembled from Gene Expression Patterns vol 3, by Gregory R. Handrigan. Images ©Elsevier Science, 2003

AY166869 (Darmin)
BU993920 (Darmin-r)
 
Probe available from: Other papers by:
E.M. De Robertis E.M. De Robertis
In situ probe details: Other papers on:
plasmid name: antisense RE cut: antisense transcription: Glutamate carboxypeptidase
Xenopus endoderm
 PCDNA3-Darmin BamHI Sp6  
 PCS2-Darmin-r T7
mRNA generation      
plasmid name: sense RE cut: sense transcription:  
       

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