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Gene Expression Data
Assay Details
Assay
Reference: J:88451 Mori M, et al., Retinal dystrophy resulting from ablation of RXR alpha in the mouse retinal pigment epithelium. Am J Pathol. 2004 Feb;164(2):701-10
Assay type: Immunohistochemistry
MGI Accession ID: MGI:6094881
Gene symbol: Rxra
Gene name: retinoid X receptor alpha
Antibody: RXR alpha antibody
Detection system: Secondary antibody
Assay notes: TRP1-Cre (tg/0)/RXR +/+ and TRP1-Cre (0/0)/RXR L2/L2 littermates were also used as controls.
Results
Specimen 1a top: embryonic day 13.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS21: perioptic mesenchyme Present 1a top Expression in both periocular mesenchyme and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE).
TS21: pigmented retinal epithelium Present 1a top Expression in both periocular mesenchyme and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE).
TS21: neural retina Weak 1a top
Specimen 1b top: embryonic day 13.5; Rxratm4Ipc/Rxratm4Ipc, Tg(Tyrp1-cre)1Ipc/0 (more )
Note: Conditional mutant.
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS21: perioptic mesenchyme Present 1b top
TS21: pigmented retinal epithelium Absent 1b top
TS21: neural retina Weak 1b top
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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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