Shinichiro Nishimatsu    Department   Kawasaki Medical School  Kawasaki Medical School, Department of Natural Sciences,    Position   Professor
Article types	原著
Language	English
Peer review	Peer reviewed
Title	Differential expression of Xenopus BMPs in early embryos and tissues.
Journal	Formal name：Zoological Science ISSN code：02890003
Volume, Issue, Page	10(1),pp.175-178
Author and coauthor	Suzuki A, Nishimatsu S, Murakami K, Ueno N
Authorship	2nd author
Publication date	1993/02
Summary	Expression levels of mRNA for Xenopus bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) in early embryos and adult organs were examined. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) that used specific primers for each BMP subtype revealed that mRNAs for BMP-2 and BMP-4 are distributed in a wide variety of adult tissues including lung, heart, and kidney. Unexpectedly, distribution of mRNA for BMP-7 was found to be limited to ovary and early embryos. The result suggests that Xenopus BMP-7 may have a specific role in ovary and early embryos.
Document No.	7763792