Inductive activity of retinal peptides

V Kh Khavinson; V V Malinin; S V Trofimova; V N Zemchikhina

doi:10.1023/a:1022654717358

Inductive activity of retinal peptides

Bull Exp Biol Med. 2002 Nov;134(5):482-4. doi: 10.1023/a:1022654717358.

Authors

V Kh Khavinson¹, V V Malinin, S V Trofimova, V N Zemchikhina

Affiliation

¹ St. Petersburg Institute of Bioregulation and Gerontology, Northwestern Division of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow.

PMID: 12802458
DOI: 10.1023/a:1022654717358

Abstract

We studied the effect of retinal polypeptide Retinalamin on multipotent ectodermal cells of the early gastrula of Xenopus laevis. Neuronal differentiation of the early gastrula ectoderm including the brain, retina, and pigment epithelium depended on Retinalamin concentration.

MeSH terms

Animals
Embryonic Induction / drug effects*
Eye Proteins / isolation & purification
Eye Proteins / pharmacology*
Female
Gastrula / cytology
Gastrula / drug effects
Male
Multipotent Stem Cells / drug effects
Retina / chemistry
Xenopus laevis

Substances

Eye Proteins