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Gene Expression Data
Assay Details
Assay
Reference: J:91012 Kurokawa D, et al., Regulation of Otx2 expression and its functions in mouse epiblast and anterior neuroectoderm. Development. 2004 Jul;131(14):3307-17
Assay type: In situ reporter (knock in)
MGI Accession ID: MGI:6479846
Gene symbol: Otx2
Gene name: orthodenticle homeobox 2
Reporter: lacZ
Direct Detection
Results
Specimen 2Bg: embryonic day 6.5; Otx2tm2.1Imat/Otx2+ (more )
Note: lateral view
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS9: embryo Present Regionally restricted 2B g Expression is seen in the epiblast.
Specimen 2Bh: embryonic day 7.75; Otx2tm2.1Imat/Otx2+ (more )
Note: lateral view
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS11: future brain Present 2B h Expression is seen in the anterior neuroectoderm.
Specimen 2Bi: embryonic day 8.5; Otx2tm2.1Imat/Otx2+ (more )
Note: lateral view
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS13: future brain Present 2B i
Specimen 2Bj: embryonic day 9.5; Otx2tm2.1Imat/Otx2+ (more )
Note: lateral view
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS15: future brain Present Regionally restricted 2B j The caudal limit of expression is the isthmus.
TS15: diencephalon Present 2B j
TS15: future midbrain Present 2B j
Specimen 2Bk: embryonic day 10.5; Otx2tm2.1Imat/Otx2+ (more )
Note: frontal view
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS17: diencephalon Present 2B k
TS17: midbrain Present 2B k
TS17: telencephalon Present Regionally restricted 2B k Expression is present in the ventral, but not dorsal, telencephalon.
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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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