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A Xenopus mRNA related to Drosophila twist is expressed in response to induction in the mesoderm and the neural crest

scientific article published in December 1989

A community effect in muscle development

scientific article

A community effect is required for amphibian notochord differentiation

scientific article

A natural oocyte component required for the reprogramming of somatic cell nuclei

scientific article published on 15 June 2010

A quantitative analysis of signal transduction from activin receptor to nucleus and its relevance to morphogen gradient interpretation

scientific article

A type 1 serine/threonine kinase receptor that can dorsalize mesoderm in Xenopus

scientific article published on July 3, 1995

A view of amphibian embryology during the last century

scientific article published in January 2014

Activation of muscle genes without myogenesis by ectopic expression of MyoD in frog embryo cells

scientific article published on September 13, 1990

Active chromatin of oocytes injected with somatic cell nuclei or cloned DNA

scientific article published on 01 November 1982

Amphibian interorder nuclear transfer embryos reveal conserved embryonic gene transcription, but deficient DNA replication or chromosome segregation

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

An experimental system for analyzing response to a morphogen gradient

scientific article published on September 1996

Analysis of nuclear reprogramming following nuclear transfer to Xenopus oocyte

scientific article

Attachment of Rapidly Labelled RNA to Polysomes in the Absence of Ribosomal RNA Synthesis during Normal Cell Differentiation

scientific article published in Nature

Biographical memoir on Joseph Needham (1900-1995).

scientific article published in January 2000

Cadherin-mediated cell interactions are necessary for the activation of MyoD in Xenopus mesoderm

scientific article published in November 1994

Capter 16 Nuclear Transplantation in Xenopus

scientific article published on 01 January 1991

Cell Fate Determination by Transcription Factors

scientific article published on 27 January 2016

Cell type-specific activation of actin genes in the early amphibian embryo

scientific article published in Nature

Cells’ Perception of Position in a Concentration Gradient

scientific article published on 01 October 1998

Changing cell fate by nuclear reprogramming

scientific article

Characterization of somatic cell nuclear reprogramming by oocytes in which a linker histone is required for pluripotency gene reactivation

scientific article

Chromatin Accessibility Impacts Transcriptional Reprogramming in Oocytes

Citrullination regulates pluripotency and histone H1 binding to chromatin

scientific journal article

Cloned single repeating units of 5S DNA direct accurate transcription of 5S RNA when injected into Xenopus oocytes / Donald D. Brown, J. B. Gurdon. - (1978)

scientific article published on June 1978

Cloning of Amphibia

Commentary on human cloning

scientific article published in January 2002

Control of translation of globin mRNA in embryonic cells

scientific article published on 01 October 1974

Cooperation between the activin and Wnt pathways in the spatial control of organizer gene expression

scientific article published on April 14, 1998

Custom-Made Oocytes to Clone Non-human Primates

scientific article published in February 2018

DNA demethylation is necessary for the epigenetic reprogramming of somatic cell nuclei

scientific article

Deficient induction response in a Xenopus nucleocytoplasmic hybrid

scientific article

Developmental biology and the redirection or replacement of cells

scientific article

Efficiencies and mechanisms of nuclear reprogramming

scientific article

Epigenetic factors influencing resistance to nuclear reprogramming

scientific article published on 21 September 2011

Epigenetic inheritance of cell differentiation status

scientific article published on 19 February 2008

Epigenetic memory in the context of nuclear reprogramming and cancer

scientific article published on April 12, 2013

Epigenetic memory of active gene transcription is inherited through somatic cell nuclear transfer

scientific article

Epigenetic memory of an active gene state depends on histone H3.3 incorporation into chromatin in the absence of transcription

scientific article published on 9 December 2007

Epigenetic stability of repressed states involving the histone variant macroH2A revealed by nuclear transfer to Xenopus oocytes

scientific article published in November 2011

Expression cloning of Siamois, a Xenopus homeobox gene expressed in dorsal-vegetal cells of blastulae and able to induce a complete secondary axis.

scientific article

Formation of a functional morphogen gradient by a passive process in tissue from the early Xenopus embryo.

scientific article published in January 2001

Gene Resistance to Transcriptional Reprogramming following Nuclear Transfer Is Directly Mediated by Multiple Chromatin-Repressive Pathways

scientific article published on March 2017

Gene activation in somatic nuclei after injection into amphibian oocytes / E. M. De Robertis, J. B. Gurdon. - (1977)

scientific article

Gene expression during cell differentiation / J. B. Gurdon. - 1978

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Gene transfer in amphibian eggs and oocytes

scientific article

Gene transplantation and the analysis of development / E. M. De Robertis and J. B. Gurdon. - (12.1979)

Article from 'Scientific American' published on December 1979

Genes and the structure of organisms

scientific article published on December 13, 1977

H3K4 Methylation-Dependent Memory of Somatic Cell Identity Inhibits Reprogramming and Development of Nuclear Transfer Embryos

scientific article published on 23 March 2017

HIRA dependent H3.3 deposition is required for transcriptional reprogramming following nuclear transfer to Xenopus oocytes

scientific article published on 29 October 2012

Harveian Oration 2014: Stem cells and cell replacement prospects .

scientific article published in April 2015

Hierarchical molecular events driven by oocyte-specific factors lead to rapid and extensive reprogramming

scientific article

Histone H3 lysine 4 methylation is associated with the transcriptional reprogramming efficiency of somatic nuclei by oocytes

scientific article

Histone H3 lysine 9 trimethylation is required for suppressing the expression of an embryonically activated retrotransposon in Xenopus laevis

scientific article published on 21 September 2015

Histone variant macroH2A confers resistance to nuclear reprogramming

scientific article

Identification of a regeneration-organizing cell in the Xenopus tail

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Identification of methylated deoxyadenosines in vertebrates reveals diversity in DNA modifications

scientific article published on 21 December 2015

Induction of polyoma DNA synthesis by injection into frog-egg cytoplasm

scientific article published on 01 September 1973

Initiation and maintenance of pluripotency gene expression in the absence of cohesin

scientific article

Injected nuclei in frog oocytes provide a living cell system for the study of transcriptional control

scientific article published in Nature

Intracellular migration of nuclear proteins in Xenopus oocytes

scientific article published in Nature

Long-term association of a transcription factor with its chromatin binding site can stabilize gene expression and cell fate commitment

scientific article published on 12 June 2020

Maintenance of epigenetic memory in cloned embryos

scientific article published on 14 June 2005

Mammalian nuclear transplantation to Germinal Vesicle stage Xenopus oocytes - a method for quantitative transcriptional reprogramming

scientific article

Manipulation and in vitro maturation of Xenopus laevis oocytes, followed by intracytoplasmic sperm injection, to study embryonic development

scientific article

Mechanisms of nuclear reprogramming by eggs and oocytes: a deterministic process?

scientific article

Mitosis gives a brief window of opportunity for a change in gene transcription

scientific article

Molecular biology of development. Introductory comments

scientific article published on 01 January 1985

Morphogen gradient interpretation

scientific article

Morphogen gradient interpretation by a regulated trafficking step during ligand-receptor transduction

scientific article

Nuclear Reprogramming and Mitosis--how does mitosis enhance changes in gene expression?

scientific article published on 10 February 2015

Nuclear Transplantation and the Analysis of Gene Activity in Early Amphibian Development

scientific article published on January 1, 1975

Nuclear Transplantation in Amphibia and the Importance of Stable Nuclear Changes in Promoting Cellular Differentiation / J. B. Gurdon. - (1963)

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Nuclear Wave1 is required for reprogramming transcription in oocytes and for normal development

scientific article published on August 2013

Nuclear actin and transcriptional activation

scientific article published on September 1, 2011

Nuclear actin in transcriptional reprogramming by oocytes: are actin nucleators key players?

scientific article published on 15 September 2011

Nuclear actin polymerization is required for transcriptional reprogramming of Oct4 by oocytes

scientific article

Nuclear changes during cell differentiation

scientific article

Nuclear exclusion of Smad2 is a mechanism leading to loss of competence

scientific article

Nuclear localisation of an oocyte component required for the stability of injected DNA

scientific article published on July 14, 1977

Nuclear reprogramming

scientific article published on June 1, 2013

Nuclear reprogramming and stem cell creation

scientific article

Nuclear reprogramming in cells

scientific article

Nuclear reprogramming in eggs

scientific article published in October 2009

Nuclear transfer and iPS may work best together

scientific article published in February 2008

Nuclear transfer to eggs and oocytes

scientific article

Nuclear transplantation and regulation of cell processes

scientific article published on 01 September 1973

Nuclear transplantation and the control of gene activity in animal development

scientific article published on 01 December 1970

Nuclear transplantation in Xenopus

scientific article published in January 2006

Nuclear transplantation, the conservation of the genome, and prospects for cell replacement

scientific article published on 14 December 2016

On the cellular and developmental lethality of a Xenopus nucleocytoplasmic hybrid

scientific article

On the long-term control of nuclear activity during cell differentiation.

scientific article

Primate therapeutic cloning in practice

scientific article

Protein synthesis in oocytes of xenopus laevis is not regulated by the supply of messenger RNA

scientific article published on 01 June 1977

Region-specific regulation of the actin multi-gene family in early amphibian embryos

scientific article published on 01 December 1984

Reprogramming and development in nuclear transfer embryos and in interspecific systems

scientific article published on 11 October 2012

Reprogramming of gene expression following nuclear transfer to the Xenopus oocyte

scientific article published on 11 August 2011

Reprogramming towards totipotency is greatly facilitated by synergistic effects of small molecules

scientific article

Selective nuclear export of specific classes of mRNA from mammalian nuclei is promoted by GANP.

scientific article published on 7 February 2014

Single-cell transplantation determines the time when Xenopus muscle precursor cells acquire a capacity for autonomous differentiation

scientific article

Size distribution and stability of DNA-like RNA synthesized during development of anucleolate embryos of Xenopus laevis

scientific article published in August 1966

Somatic nuclei in amphibian oocytes: evidence for selective gene expression

scientific article published on August 1, 1977

Sperm and spermatids contain different proteins and bind distinct egg factors

scientific article

Sperm is epigenetically programmed to regulate gene transcription in embryos

scientific article published on 31 March 2016

Studies of the injection of poly(A)+ protamine mRNA into Xenopus laevis oocytes

scientific article published on 01 December 1978

Swift is a novel BRCT domain coactivator of Smad2 in transforming growth factor beta signaling

scientific article published on June 2001

TCTP in development and cancer

scientific article published on 9 May 2012

The Croonian Lecture, 1976 - Egg cytoplasm and gene control in development

scientific article published on September 5, 1977

The DNA-binding protein E12 co-operates with XMyoD in the activation of muscle-specific gene expression in Xenopus embryos

scientific article published on August 1, 1992

The Egg and the Nucleus: A Battle for Supremacy

scientific article published on 30 July 2015

The Expression of TALEN before Fertilization Provides a Rapid Knock-Out Phenotype in Xenopus laevis Founder Embryos

scientific article published on 18 November 2015

The Florey lecture, 1988. From egg to embryo: the initiation of cell differentiation in Amphibia.

scientific article

The Xenopus T-box gene, Antipodean, encodes a vegetally localised maternal mRNA and can trigger mesoderm formation.

scientific article published in December 1996

The birth of cloning: an interview with John Gurdon. [Interview by Kristin Kain].

scientific article published in January 2009

The cloning of a frog

scientific article published on June 1, 2013

The community effect, dorsalization and mesoderm induction

scientific article

The cytoplasmic control of nuclear activity in animal development

scientific article

The effect of reticulocyte ribosome “factors” on the translation of haemoglobin messenger RNA in living frog oocytes

scientific article published on September 29, 1972

The egg and the nucleus: a battle for supremacy

scientific article published on June 1, 2013

The egg and the nucleus: a battle for supremacy (Nobel Lecture).

scientific article published on 05 December 2013

The first half-century of nuclear transplantation

scientific article

The future of cloning

scientific article

The generation of diversity and pattern in animal development

scientific article published on January 24, 1992

The influence of the cytoplasm on the nucleus during cell differentiation, with special reference to RNA synthesis during amphibian cleavage

scientific article published on 01 April 1969

The introduction of Xenopus laevis into developmental biology: of empire, pregnancy testing and ribosomal genes.

scientific article published in January 2000

The transcription of 5 S DNA injected into Xenopus oocytes

scientific article published on 01 December 1978

The translation of mammalian globin mRNA injected into fertilized eggs of Xenopus laevis I. Message stability in development.

scientific article

The translation of mammalian globin mRNA injected into fertilized eggs of Xenopus laevis. II. The distribution of globin synthesis in different tissues.

scientific article published in July 1974

Tpt1 activates transcription of oct4 and nanog in transplanted somatic nuclei

scientific article published on 19 April 2007

Transcription of cloned Xenopus ribosomal genes visualised after injection into oocyte nuclei

scientific article published on November 16, 1978

Transcriptional regulation and nuclear reprogramming: roles of nuclear actin and actin-binding proteins

scientific article published on December 29, 2012

Transplanted nuclei and cell differentiation

scientific article published on 01 December 1968

Widespread transcription in an amphibian oocyte relates to its reprogramming activity on transplanted somatic nuclei

scientific article published on 15 June 2011

XIF3, a Xenopus peripherin gene, requires an inductive signal for enhanced expression in anterior neural tissue

scientific article published on 01 December 1989

XTrR-I is a TGFbeta receptor and overexpression of truncated form of the receptor inhibits axis formation and dorsalising activity.

scientific article published in July 1998

Xenopus embryos contain a somite-specific, MyoD-like protein that binds to a promoter site required for muscle actin expression

scientific article published on 01 July 1991

Xenopus oocytes reactivate muscle gene transcription in transplanted somatic nuclei independently of myogenic factors

scientific article published on 15 July 2009

Xiro3 encodes a Xenopus homolog of the Drosophila Iroquois genes and functions in neural specification

scientific article

“Fertile” Intestine Nuclei

scientific article published in Nature