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Gene Expression Data
Assay Details
Assay
Reference: J:41787 Kurosawa N, et al., Polysialic acid synthase (ST8Sia II/STX) mRNA expression in the developing mouse central nervous system. J Neurochem. 1997 Aug;69(2):494-503
Assay type: RNA in situ
MGI Accession ID: MGI:7706078
Gene symbol: St8sia2
Gene name: ST8 alpha-N-acetyl-neuraminide alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase 2
Probe: ST8Sia II probe
Probe preparation: Antisense labelled with digoxigenin RNA
Visualized with: Alkaline phosphatase
Results
Specimen 2 Antisense (upper): postnatal day 3 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: hippocampus Strong 2_Antisense (upper) Prominent expression in neocortex, hippocampus, subiculum, thalamus and inferior colliculus.
TS27: inferior colliculus Strong 2_Antisense (upper) Prominent expression in neocortex, hippocampus, subiculum, thalamus and inferior colliculus.
TS27: neocortex Strong 2_Antisense (upper) Prominent expression in neocortex, hippocampus, subiculum, thalamus and inferior colliculus.
TS27: subiculum Strong 2_Antisense (upper) Prominent expression in neocortex, hippocampus, subiculum, thalamus and inferior colliculus.
TS27: thalamus Strong 2_Antisense (upper) Prominent expression in neocortex, hippocampus, subiculum, thalamus and inferior colliculus.
TS27: cerebellum Moderate 2_Antisense (upper) Moderate levels of expression in piriform cortex, cerebellum and superior colliculus.
TS27: piriform cortex Moderate 2_Antisense (upper) Moderate levels of expression in piriform cortex, cerebellum and superior colliculus.
TS27: superior colliculus Moderate 2_Antisense (upper) Moderate levels of expression in piriform cortex, cerebellum and superior colliculus.

Specimen 2 Antisense (lower left): postnatal day 3 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: medial habenular nucleus Strong 2_Antisense (lower left) Prominent expression in medial habenular nucleus.
TS27: piriform cortex Moderate 2_Antisense (lower left) Moderate levels of expression in piriform cortex.

Specimen 2 Antisense (lower right): postnatal day 3 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: brain Present 2_Antisense (lower right)

Specimen 3A: embryonic day 16.0 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: cortical plate Very strong 3A Strong expression in cortical plate at E16.
TS24: thalamus Very strong Widespread 3A Strong widespread expression in thalamus from E16 to P3

Specimen E16 not shown: embryonic day 16.0 (more )
Note: Data presented in Table 3.
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: cerebellum Strong
TS24: hippocampus Weak

Specimen 3C: postnatal day 1 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: neocortex Very strong Widespread 3C Widely expressed throughout developing neocortex.
TS27: thalamus Strong Widespread 3C Strong widespread expression in thalamus from E16 to P3.
TS27: hippocampus pyramidal cell layer Strong 3C Abundantly expressed in pyramidal cell layer.
TS27: inferior colliculus Strong 3C Intense expression in inferior colliculus and pontine nuclei, strongest from P1 to P3.
TS27: pontine nucleus Strong 3C Intense expression in inferior colliculus and pontine nuclei, strongest from P1 to P3.

Specimen 3D: postnatal day 3 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: neocortex Very strong Widespread 3D Widely expressed throughout developing neocortex.
TS27: thalamus Strong Widespread 3D Strong widespread expression in thalamus from E16 to P3.
TS27: hippocampus pyramidal cell layer Strong 3D Abundantly expressed in pyramidal cell layer.
TS27: inferior colliculus Strong 3D Intense expression in inferior colliculus and pontine nuclei, strongest from P1 to P3.
TS27: pontine nucleus Strong 3D Intense expression in inferior colliculus and pontine nuclei, strongest from P1 to P3.

Specimen 3E: postnatal day 5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: neocortex Moderate Regionally restricted 3E Regional expression in neocortex occurred from P5 onwards.
TS28: frontal cortex Absent 3E Expression disappeared most prominently from frontal cortex.
TS28: hippocampus pyramidal cell layer Strong 3E Abundantly expressed in pyramidal cell layer.
TS28: inferior colliculus Present 3E Expression gradually decreased to P14.
TS28: pontine nucleus Present 3E Expression gradually decreased to P14.

Specimen 3F: postnatal day 7 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: neocortex Weak 3F
TS28: hippocampus Moderate 3F Expression gradually decreased to P14.
TS28: thalamus Weak 3F Expression decreased throughout thalamus.
TS28: pontine nucleus Weak 3F Expression gradually decreased to P14.

Specimen 3G: postnatal day 10 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: neocortex Weak Regionally restricted 3G Expression in layers II and II of future somatosensory area and future visual area of neocortex.
TS28: subiculum Weak 3G
TS28: thalamic nucleus Weak Regionally restricted 3G Expression in persisted in centrolateral thalamic nuclei on P10.
TS28: inferior colliculus Weak 3G Expression gradually decreased to P14.
TS28: pontine nucleus Weak 3G Expression gradually decreased to P14.

Specimen P10 not shown: postnatal day 10 (more )
Note: Data presented in Table 3.
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: hippocampus Weak
TS28: cerebellum Absent

Specimen 3H: postnatal day 14 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: neocortex Absent 3H
TS28: hippocampus Absent 3H Expression in hippocampus disappeared by P14.
TS28: inferior colliculus Absent 3H Overall expression disappeared by P14.
TS28: pontine nucleus Absent 3H Overall expression disappeared by P14.

Specimen P14 not shown: postnatal day 14 (more )
Note: Data presented in Table 3.
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: cerebellum Absent
TS28: thalamus Absent

Specimen 4A: postnatal day 3 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: neocortex Very strong Widespread 4A Prominent widespread expression in neocortex.
TS27: hippocampus Strong 4A Prominent expression in hippocampus.
TS27: thalamus Very strong 4A Prominent expression in thalamus.

Specimen 4C: postnatal day 3 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: piriform cortex Moderate 4C
TS27: cerebellum Moderate Regionally restricted 4C High levels of expression just below molecular layer.
TS27: deep cerebellar nucleus Strong 4C
TS27: cerebellum internal granule cell layer Weak 4C
TS27: cerebellum white matter Weak 4C
TS27: cerebellum external granule cell layer Absent 4C

Specimen 4D: postnatal day 3 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: cortical layer IV Very strong 4D
TS27: cortical plate Very strong 4D
TS27: cortical layer V Moderate 4D
TS27: neocortex layer Present Regionally restricted 4D Authors report low levels of expression in remaining layers of neocortex.

Specimen 4E: postnatal day 3 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: hippocampus region Strong Regionally restricted 4E Prominent expression in hippocampus. Authors report ranking of signal intensity as CA3 < CA2 < CA1.
TS27: dentate gyrus Weak 4E

Specimen 4F: postnatal day 3 (more )
Structure Cell Type Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: retina layer retinal ganglion cell Present Regionally restricted 4F Expression markedly enrighed in retinal ganglion cells in inner layer of retina.

Specimen 5A: postnatal day 1 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: cerebellum Moderate 5A

Specimen 5C: postnatal day 3 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: cerebellum Moderate 5C

Specimen 5E: postnatal day 5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: cerebellum Weak 5E Expression in cerebellum decreases after P3.

Specimen 5G: postnatal day 7 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS28: cerebellum Absent 5G Expression in cerebellum disappeared by P7.

Specimen 6A: postnatal day 3 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS27: pontine nucleus Strong 6A
TS27: neocortex Strong 6A
TS27: corpus striatum Moderate 6A
TS27: piriform cortex Moderate 6A


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