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ArticleGenes & development2008

The RNA-binding protein XSeb4R: a positive regulator of VegT mRNA stability and translation that is required for germ layer formation in Xenopus.

Jacob Souopgui, Barbara Rust, Jessica Vanhomwegen, Janet Heasman, Kristine A Henningfeld, Eric Bellefroid, Tomas Pieler

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Article in Genes & development, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Jacob SouopguiLaboratoire d'Embryologie Moléculaire, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Institut de Biologie et de Médecine Moléculaires (IBMM), B-6041 Gosselies, Belgium.
Barbara Rust
Jessica Vanhomwegen
Janet Heasman
Kristine A Henningfeld
Eric Bellefroid
Tomas Pieler
Nanoscale Microscopy and Molecular Physiology of the Brain Cluster of Excellence 171 — DFG Research Center 103 · DEUniversité Libre de Bruxelles · BECincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

VegT represents a localized maternal determinant essentially required for endoderm formation in Xenopus. Here, we report on the identification of the RNA-binding protein XSeb4R as a positive regulator of VegT. XSeb4R interacts directly with the 3'-untranslated region of VegT mRNA, stabilizes it, and stimulates translation. Ablation of XSeb4R activity results in impairment of endoderm and mesoderm formation, while ectopic expression of XSeb4R in ectodermal cells induces endodermal and mesodermal gene expression. These observations unravel a novel mode of VegT regulation at the post-transcriptional level that is essential for germ layer formation in Xenopus.

Indexed as

RNA StabilityAnimalsEndodermGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGerm LayersMesodermProtein BiosynthesisRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerT-Box Domain ProteinsXenopus laevisXenopus ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerSEB4R protein, XenopusT-Box Domain ProteinsVegT protein, XenopusXenopus Proteins

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PMID18765788
PMCPMC2532925
OpenAlexW2044809193

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