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Gene Expression Data
Assay Details
Assay
Reference: J:134349 Vezina CM, et al., Retinoic acid induces prostatic bud formation. Dev Dyn. 2008 May;237(5):1321-33
Assay type: RNA in situ
MGI Accession ID: MGI:5556077
Gene symbol: Aldh1a2
Gene name: aldehyde dehydrogenase family 1, subfamily A2
Probe: Aldh1a2 probe2
Probe preparation: Antisense labelled with digoxigenin
Visualized with: Alkaline phosphatase
Results
Specimen 3 E15.5: embryonic day 15.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS23: male reproductive system mesenchyme Present Regionally restricted 3_Aldh1a2 E15.5 Expression was detected in Wolffian-derived mesenchyme.
TS23: mesenchyme of urogenital sinus Present 3_Aldh1a2 E15.5
TS23: urethra of male Present Regionally restricted 3_Aldh1a2 E15.5 Expression was detected in urethral mesenchyme.
Specimen 3 E16.5: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: urogenital sinus Present 3_Aldh1a2 E16.5 The abundance of expression decreased relative to E15.5.
Specimen 3 E17.5: embryonic day 17.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS25: urogenital sinus Present 3_Aldh1a2 E17.5
TS25: peri-prostatic mesenchyme Strong Regionally restricted 3_Aldh1a2 E17.5 Expression was strong in the periurethral prostatic mesenchyme at the distal tips of elongating prostatic buds and in inter-bud periurethral prostatic mesenchyme.
Specimen 3 P0.5: postnatal day 0.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: peri-prostatic mesenchyme Present Regionally restricted 3_Aldh1a2 P0.5 Expression was localized to the urogenital sinus mesenchyme surrounding prostatic bud tips.
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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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