简介:Xenopusorganizerspecificgenenogginpossessesnearlyallthecharacteresticpropertiesoftheactionoforganizertospecifytheembryonicbodyacis.Toanalyzehowthematernalinheritedfactorscontrolitsexpressionpattern,weclonedthe5'regulatoryregionofnoggingene.The1.5kbupstreamsequensecoulddirectreportergenetoexpressinvivoanddatafromdeletionanalysisindicatedthata229basepairfragmetisessentialforactivatingnogginexpression.WefurtherdemonstratedthattheresponseelementswithinthisregulatoryregionwereindeedunderthecontrolofgrowthfactoractivinandWntsignalingpathwaycomponents.