Xenopus laevis

"Xenopus laevis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The commonest and widest ranging species of the clawed "frog" (Xenopus) in Africa. This species is used extensively in research. There is now a significant population in California derived from escaped laboratory animals.

Descriptor ID	D014982
MeSH Number(s)	B01.050.150.900.090.180.610.500.562
Concept/Terms	Xenopus laevis Xenopus laevis X. laevis X. laevi Platanna Platannas

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Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Chordata [B01.050.150]
Vertebrates [B01.050.150.900]
Amphibians [B01.050.150.900.090]
Anura [B01.050.150.900.090.180]
Pipidae [B01.050.150.900.090.180.610]
Xenopus [B01.050.150.900.090.180.610.500]
Xenopus laevis [B01.050.150.900.090.180.610.500.562]

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Bar chart showing 56 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2007

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	2	3
1997	0	1	1
1998	0	2	2
1999	0	2	2
2000	0	2	2
2001	0	3	3
2002	0	2	2
2003	0	2	2
2004	0	5	5
2005	0	1	1
2006	2	3	5
2007	1	5	6
2008	0	3	3
2009	1	4	5
2010	1	1	2
2011	1	2	3
2012	1	1	2
2013	0	1	1
2014	1	0	1
2015	1	0	1
2016	1	0	1
2017	1	0	1
2023	0	1	1
2025	0	1	1

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Wen Y, Jiang X, Li D, Yu Y, Ou Z, Wang J, Wei J, Lin F, Xu H. Synthesis, Translocation, and Biological Activity of an Artificial Glucosinolate with a Fipronil-Based Aglycone as a Vectorizing Agrochemical. J Agric Food Chem. 2025 Jun 18; 73(24):14973-14984.

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Cauret CMS, Jordan DC, Kukoly LM, Burton SR, Anele EU, Kwiecien JM, Gansauge MT, Senthillmohan S, Greenbaum E, Meyer M, Horb ME, Evans BJ. Functional dissection and assembly of a small, newly evolved, W chromosome-specific genomic region of the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis. PLoS Genet. 2023 10; 19(10):e1010990.

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DeLay BD, Corkins ME, Hanania HL, Salanga M, Deng JM, Sudou N, Taira M, Horb ME, Miller RK. Tissue-Specific Gene Inactivation in Xenopus laevis: Knockout of lhx1 in the Kidney with CRISPR/Cas9. Genetics. 2018 Feb; 208(2):673-686.

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Ratzan W, Falco R, Salanga C, Salanga M, Horb ME. Generation of a Xenopus laevis F1 albino J strain by genome editing and oocyte host-transfer. Dev Biol. 2017 06 15; 426(2):188-193.

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Furman BL, Bewick AJ, Harrison TL, Greenbaum E, Gvo?d?k V, Kusamba C, Evans BJ. Pan-African phylogeography of a model organism, the?African clawed frog 'Xenopus laevis'. Mol Ecol. 2015 Feb; 24(4):909-25.

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Ziermann JM, Diogo R. Cranial muscle development in frogs with different developmental modes: direct development versus biphasic development. J Morphol. 2014 Apr; 275(4):398-413.

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Sala-Rabanal M, Li DC, Dake GR, Kurata HT, Inyushin M, Skatchkov SN, Nichols CG. Polyamine transport by the polyspecific organic cation transporters OCT1, OCT2, and OCT3. Mol Pharm. 2013 Apr 01; 10(4):1450-8.

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Colas AR, McKeithan WL, Cunningham TJ, Bushway PJ, Garmire LX, Duester G, Subramaniam S, Mercola M. Whole-genome microRNA screening identifies let-7 and mir-18 as regulators of germ layer formation during early embryogenesis. Genes Dev. 2012 Dec 01; 26(23):2567-79.

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Caballero-Rivera D, Cruz-Nieves OA, Oyola-Cintr?n J, Torres-Nunez DA, Otero-Cruz JD, Lasalde-Dominicci JA. Tryptophan scanning mutagenesis reveals distortions in the helical structure of the dM4 transmembrane domain of the Torpedo californica nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Channels (Austin). 2012 Mar-Apr; 6(2):111-23.

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Searcy BT, Beckstrom-Sternberg SM, Beckstrom-Sternberg JS, Stafford P, Schwendiman AL, Soto-Pena J, Owen MC, Ramirez C, Phillips J, Veldhoen N, Helbing CC, Propper CR. Thyroid hormone-dependent development in Xenopus laevis: a sensitive screen of thyroid hormone signaling disruption by municipal wastewater treatment plant effluent. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 2012 May 01; 176(3):481-92.

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