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Gene Expression Data
Assay Details
Assay
Reference: J:25647 Zhu W, et al., Id gene expression during development and molecular cloning of the human Id-1 gene. Brain Res Mol Brain Res. 1995 Jun;30(2):312-26
Assay type: RNA in situ
MGI Accession ID: MGI:6342525
Gene symbol: Id2
Gene name: inhibitor of DNA binding 2
Probe: Id2 cDNA5
Probe preparation: Antisense labelled with S35 RNA
Results
Specimen 1A: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: genital tubercle Present 1A
TS20: olfactory epithelium Present 1A
TS20: remnant of Rathke's pouch Present 1A
TS20: trigeminal ganglion Present 1A
TS20: vertebral cartilage condensation Present 1A
TS20: mandibular process mesenchyme Present 1A Expression in the mesenchyme includes regions of the tooth primordia.
TS20: maxillary process mesenchyme Present 1A Expression in the mesenchyme includes regions of the tooth primordia.
TS20: metanephros Strong 1A Strong expression was detected in the mesenchyme and the epithelium.
TS20: mesenchyme of metanephros Strong 1A
TS20: blood vessel Present 1A Expression was in large blood vessels.
TS20: inner ear Present Regionally restricted 1A Expression was in the otic vesicle.
TS20: intestine Strong 1A Id2 expression was much higher in these tissues than Id1.
TS20: liver Strong 1A Id2 expression was much higher in these tissues than Id1.
TS20: lung epithelium Strong 1A Id2 expression was much higher in these tissues than Id1.
TS20: heart atrium Present 1A In the heart, expression was more extensive in the atrium.

Specimen Table 2: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: adenohypophysis Strong
TS20: brain Strong
TS20: genital tubercle Strong
TS20: heart Strong
TS20: liver Strong
TS20: lung epithelium Strong
TS20: mesenchyme of metanephros Strong
TS20: mesenchyme of urogenital sinus Strong
TS20: neurohypophysis pars nervosa Strong
TS20: olfactory epithelium Strong
TS20: trigeminal ganglion Strong
TS20: vertebral cartilage condensation Strong
TS20: tongue Weak
TS20: intestine Strong Regionally restricted Expression was in mucosa and external layer.
TS20: metanephros Strong Regionally restricted Expression was in epithelium and mesenchyme.
TS20: mandibular process mesenchyme Strong Regionally restricted Expression in the mesenchyme includes regions of the tooth primordia.
TS20: maxillary process mesenchyme Strong Regionally restricted Expression in the mesenchyme includes regions of the tooth primordia.
TS20: gland Strong Regionally restricted Strong expression was detected in the submaxillary gland.
TS20: inner ear epithelium Present

Specimen 2A: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: spinal cord mantle layer Present Graded 2A Expression was detected throughout the ventricular zone and the mantle in a dorso-ventral gradient.
TS20: spinal cord ventricular layer Present Graded 2A Expression was detected throughout the ventricular zone and the mantle in a dorso-ventral gradient.
TS20: spinal cord roof plate Strong 2A
TS20: hindbrain ventricular layer Present Regionally restricted 2A Ventricular zone inter-rhombomeric expression boundary was at r1/r2.
TS20: diencephalon Present Regionally restricted 2A Expression was strongest in the subcommissural part of prosomere 1. Expression in prosomere 4 extends from the eminentia thalami into the supraoptic paraventricular area.
TS20: diencephalon mantle layer Weak Regionally restricted 2A Mantle regions show weak expression, including parts of prosomere 1, and p3 (ventral thalamus).
TS20: mammillary area Present 2A
TS20: telencephalon Strong Regionally restricted 2A Intense labeling was detected in the archicortex at the site of the tela chorioidea attachment. Part of the adjoining hippocampal primordia is negative. Prosomere 6 labeling was found in the olfactory bulb and septal primordia.
TS20: neocortex Strong Graded 2A A strong rostro-caudal gradient was detected along the neocortex.
TS20: cortical preplate Present 2A Expression is preferentially found in the mantle zone, or preplate, compared to the ventricular zone.
TS20: neurohypophysis infundibulum Present 2A

Specimen 2B: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: spinal cord mantle layer Present Graded 2B Expression was detected throughout the ventricular zone and the mantle in a dorso-ventral gradient.
TS20: spinal cord ventricular layer Present Graded 2B Expression was detected throughout the ventricular zone and the mantle in a dorso-ventral gradient.
TS20: spinal cord roof plate Strong 2B
TS20: spinal cord Present Regionally restricted 2B Two longitudinal columns of expressing cells that may flank the alar/basal boundary were also observed.
TS20: hindbrain mantle layer Present Regionally restricted 2B The mantle expression boundary was detected at about r4/r5.
TS20: diencephalon mantle layer Weak Regionally restricted 2B Weak expression was detected in the mantle region of prosomeres 1, 2, and 3.
TS20: diencephalon Present Regionally restricted 2B Expression in prosomere 4 extends from the eminentia thalami into the supraoptic paraventricular area.
TS20: telencephalon Strong Regionally restricted 2B Intense labeling was detected in the archicortex at the site of the tela chorioidea attachment. Part of the adjoining hippocampal primordia is negative.
TS20: neocortex Strong Graded 2B A strong rostro-caudal gradient was detected along the neocortex.

Specimen 2C: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: spinal cord mantle layer Present Graded 2C Expression was detected throughout the ventricular zone and the mantle in a dorso-ventral gradient.
TS20: spinal cord ventricular layer Present Graded 2C Expression was detected throughout the ventricular zone and the mantle in a dorso-ventral gradient.
TS20: spinal cord roof plate Strong 2C
TS20: hindbrain ventricular layer Present Regionally restricted 2C A more lateral section showed ventricular zone expression extending to r1 and the cerebellar area.
TS20: hindbrain mantle layer Present Regionally restricted 2C Mantle expression terminated at r1/r2.
TS20: 4th ventricle choroid plexus Strong Regionally restricted 2C Expression was strong in the tela chorioidea of the rhombencephalon.
TS20: cerebellum primordium Present Regionally restricted 2C Expression was detected in the isthmocerebellar plate, with expression in the isthmic area and rhombic lip, but less or no expression in the interposed region.
TS20: rhombic lip Present Regionally restricted 2C Expression was detected in the isthmocerebellar plate, with expression in the isthmic area and rhombic lip, but less or no expression in the interposed region.
TS20: midbrain Present Regionally restricted 2C Expression was detected in the entire alar midbrain and the tectum. There was less expression in the midbrain basal plate, except for a cluster of cells in the region of the primordium of the substantia nigra.
TS20: midbrain roof plate Present 2C
TS20: telencephalon Strong Regionally restricted 2C Intense labeling was detected in the archicortex at the site of the tela chorioidea attachment.
TS20: neocortex Strong Graded 2C A strong rostro-caudal gradient was detected along the neocortex.

Specimen 3A: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: hindbrain Present Regionally restricted 3A Expression was largely limited to an alar domain extending across r8-r2. A subpial crescent of labeled cells was also noted.
TS22: cerebellum Present Diffuse 3A Laterally, cerebellar expression was diffuse and found in the primordia of the cerebellar nuclei and Purkinje cells.
TS22: midbrain-hindbrain junction Present Regionally restricted 3A Expression was detected in alar territory corresponding to the position of the parabigeminal and parabrachial nuclei.
TS22: lateral ganglionic eminence Absent 3A
TS22: medial ganglionic eminence Absent 3A
TS22: neocortex Present Regionally restricted 3A Expression was detected in the rostral-caudal and latero-medial maturational gradients. Expression was in the mantle zone, with little or no expression in the proliferative zone.
TS22: main olfactory bulb Strong 3A

Specimen not shown: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: cerebellum ventricular layer Present Regionally restricted Expression was detected in the ventricular zone only in the midline area.
TS22: midbrain ventricular layer Present Regionally restricted Midbrain expression was mainly in the ventricular zone of caudal tectal plate.
TS22: midbrain Present Regionally restricted Expression was found in the basal plate in the region of the developing substantia nigra.
TS22: epithalamus Weak Scattered
TS22: diencephalon Present Non-Uniform Weak expression was in the ventral parts of prosomeres 1 and 2. Expression was detected in the eminentia thalami.
TS22: mammillary area Present
TS22: neurohypophysis infundibulum Present
TS22: forebrain Present Regionally restricted Expression in prosomere 5 was detected.

Specimen 3C: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: cerebellum Present Patchy 3C Irregular patches of expression in groups of cells that were likely to be immature Purkinje cells. Some sections show gaps of expression while others (particularly anterior or median areas) may not.
TS24: cerebellum external granule cell layer Absent 3C
TS24: deep cerebellar nucleus Absent 3C
TS24: pretectum Present Regionally restricted 3C Expression was detected in prosomere 1 in the dorsomedial periventricular areas of the pretectum.
TS24: epithalamus Present 3C
TS24: dorsal thalamus Weak 3C
TS24: diencephalon Present Regionally restricted 3C The diencephalon showed expression in prosomeres 1 and 2, but prosomere 3 was negative.
TS24: telencephalon Strong Regionally restricted 3C Much of prosomere 4 was negative. However, there was some expression in the archicortex up to the apex of the intraventricular convex curve. In prosomere 5, the neocortical and paleocortical plates, subplate and intermediate zones showed strong expression, while the ventricular zone does not.
TS24: cortical plate Strong Regionally restricted 3C The rostral expression boundary stopped abruptly in the region of the anterior olfactory nucleus.
TS24: cortical subplate Strong Regionally restricted 3C The rostral expression boundary stopped abruptly in the region of the anterior olfactory nucleus.
TS24: cerebral cortex intermediate zone Strong Regionally restricted 3C Expression was continuous with the olfactory bulb.
TS24: cerebral cortex ventricular layer Absent 3C
TS24: main olfactory bulb Strong Regionally restricted 3C Expression was found in the anlage of the glomerular layer, the deep olfactory bulb layers, and the anterior olfactory nucleus.

Specimen 3D: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: medulla oblongata Present Regionally restricted 3D Expression was detected in the corpus pontobulbare.
TS24: pons Present 3D
TS24: telencephalon Strong Regionally restricted 3D In prosomere 5, the neocortical and paleocortical plates, subplate and intermediate zones showed strong expression, while the ventricular zone does not.
TS24: cortical plate Strong Regionally restricted 3D The rostral expression boundary stopped abruptly in the region of the anterior olfactory nucleus.
TS24: cortical subplate Strong Regionally restricted 3D The rostral expression boundary stopped abruptly in the region of the anterior olfactory nucleus.
TS24: cerebral cortex ventricular layer Absent 3D
TS24: cerebral cortex intermediate zone Strong Regionally restricted 3D Expression was continuous with the olfactory bulb.
TS24: main olfactory bulb Strong Regionally restricted 3D Expression was found in the anlage of the glomerular layer, the deep olfactory bulb layers, and the anterior olfactory nucleus.
TS24: telencephalon septum Present Regionally restricted 3D Expression was detected in the medial and lateral septal nuclei.

Specimen not shown: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: superior colliculus Weak Regionally restricted Weak expression was detected in the superficial stratum of the superior colliculus.
TS24: midbrain Weak Regionally restricted A faint patch of label was detected in the basal plate that appears to correspond with the substantia nigra.
TS24: inferior colliculus Absent


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