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Assay
Reference: J:270646 Limi S, et al., Transcriptional burst fraction and size dynamics during lens fiber cell differentiation and detailed insights into the denucleation process. J Biol Chem. 2018 Aug 24;293(34):13176-13190
Assay type: RNA in situ
MGI Accession ID: MGI:7618449
Gene symbol: Cryba1
Gene name: crystallin, beta A1
Probe: betaB1-Crystallin exon oligo
Probe preparation: Antisense RNA
Visualized with: Fluorescence
Results
Specimen 2 region a: postnatal day 1 (more )
Note: This region represents the least differentiated lens tissue.
Structure Cell Type Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: lens fiber lens fiber cell Present Regionally restricted 2_region a betaB1 Expression is in early differentiating lens fiber cells as one or two transcription sites per individual nuclei and is absent in the area where denucleation has occurred.

Specimen 2 region b: postnatal day 1 (more )
Note: This region represents the intermediate differentiated lens tissue.
Structure Cell Type Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: lens fiber lens fiber cell Present Regionally restricted 2_region b betaB1 Expression is in early differentiating lens fiber cells as one or two transcription sites per individual nuclei and is absent in the area where denucleation has occurred.

Specimen 2 region c: postnatal day 1 (more )
Note: This region represents the most highly differentiated lens tissue.
Structure Cell Type Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: lens fiber lens fiber cell Present Regionally restricted 2_region c betaB1 Expression is in early differentiating lens fiber cells as one or two transcription sites per individual nuclei and is absent in the area where denucleation has occurred.

Specimen 2 region d: postnatal day 1 (more )
Note: This region contained degraded pyknotic nuclear remnants with no intact nuclei.
Structure Cell Type Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: lens fiber lens fiber cell Present Regionally restricted 2_region d betaB1 Expression is in early differentiating lens fiber cells and is absent in the area where denucleation has occurred (shown).

Specimen 3 region a: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Note: Regions a, b, c, and d indicate progressive stages of differentiation throughout the lens tissue.
Structure Cell Type Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: lens primordium primary lens fiber Present Regionally restricted 3_region a betaB1 Expression is in the early differentiating primary lens fibers.

Specimen 3 region b: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Note: Regions a, b, c, and d indicate progressive stages of differentiation throughout the lens tissue.
Structure Cell Type Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: lens primordium primary lens fiber Present Regionally restricted 3_region b betaB1 Expression is in the early differentiating primary lens fibers.

Specimen 3 region c and d: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Note: Regions a, b, c, and d indicate progressive stages of differentiation throughout the lens tissue.
Structure Cell Type Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: lens primordium primary lens fiber Present Regionally restricted 3_region c and d betaB1 Expression is in the early differentiating primary lens fibers.

Specimen 4 region a: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Note: Regions a, b, c, and d indicate progressive stages of differentiation throughout the lens tissue.
Structure Cell Type Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: lens fiber secondary lens fiber Present Regionally restricted 4_region a betaB1 Expression is in early differentiating secondary lens fiber cells.

Specimen 4 region b: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Note: Regions a, b, c, and d indicate progressive stages of differentiation throughout the lens tissue.
Structure Cell Type Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: lens fiber secondary lens fiber Present Regionally restricted 4_region b betaB1 Expression is in early differentiating secondary lens fiber cells.

Specimen 4 region c and d: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Note: Regions a, b, c, and d indicate progressive stages of differentiation throughout the lens tissue.
Structure Cell Type Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: lens fiber secondary lens fiber Present Regionally restricted 4_region c and d betaB1 Expression is in early differentiating secondary lens fiber cells.

Specimen 5 region a: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
Note: Regions a, b, c, and d indicate progressive stages of differentiation throughout the lens tissue.
Structure Cell Type Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: lens fiber lens fiber cell Present Punctate 5_region a betaB1 Expression is in nascent transcription start sites in lens fiber cells.

Specimen 5 region b: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
Note: Regions a, b, c, and d indicate progressive stages of differentiation throughout the lens tissue.
Structure Cell Type Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: lens fiber lens fiber cell Present Punctate 5_region b betaB1 Expression is in nascent transcription start sites in lens fiber cells.

Specimen 5 region c: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
Note: Regions a, b, c, and d indicate progressive stages of differentiation throughout the lens tissue.
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: lens fiber Present Punctate 5_region c betaB1 Expression is in nascent transcription start sites in lens fiber cells.

Specimen 5 region d: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
Note: Regions a, b, c, and d indicate progressive stages of differentiation throughout the lens tissue.
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: lens fiber Present Punctate 5_region d betaB1 Expression is in nascent transcription start sites in lens fiber cells.

Specimen 9B WT: postnatal day 1 (more )
Structure Cell Type Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: lens fiber lens fiber cell Present Punctate 9B betaB1 WT

Specimen 9B Snf2hnull: postnatal day 1; Smarca5tm2.1Ais/Smarca5tm2.1Ais (more )
Structure Cell Type Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: lens fiber lens fiber cell Present Punctate 9B betaB1 Snf2hnull

Specimen S5 region a: postnatal day 1 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Cryba1; green - Polr2a (assay MGI:7618443).
Structure Cell Type Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: lens fiber lens fiber cell Present Regionally restricted S5a Merge , S5a BetaB1 Expression is in early differentiating lens fiber cells as one or two transcription sites per individual nuclei and is absent in the area where denucleation has occurred.

Specimen S5 region b: postnatal day 1 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Cryba1; green - Polr2a (assay MGI:7618443).
Structure Cell Type Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: lens fiber lens fiber cell Present Regionally restricted S5b betaB1 , S5b Merge Expression is in early differentiating lens fiber cells as one or two transcription sites per individual nuclei and is absent in the area where denucleation has occurred.

Specimen S5 region c: postnatal day 1 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Cryba1; green - Polr2a (assay MGI:7618443).
Structure Cell Type Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: lens fiber lens fiber cell Present Regionally restricted S5c betaB1 , S5c Merge Expression is in early differentiating lens fiber cells as one or two transcription sites per individual nuclei and is absent in the area where denucleation has occurred.

Specimen S7: postnatal day 1 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: lens epithelium Absent S7_betaB1


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