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Gene Expression Data
Assay Details
Assay
Reference: J:233757 Treffy RW, et al., Ephrin-B/EphB Signaling Is Required for Normal Innervation of Lingual Gustatory Papillae. Dev Neurosci. 2016;38(2):124-38
Assay type: In situ reporter (knock in)
MGI Accession ID: MGI:7834500
Gene symbol: Efnb2
Gene name: ephrin B2
Reporter: lacZ
Direct Detection
Results
Specimen not shown: embryonic day 14.5; Efnb2tm1Henk/Efnb2+ (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: tongue Absent No expression in E14.5 mouse tongue.
Specimen 1b: embryonic day 15.5; Efnb2tm1Henk/Efnb2+ (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS23: fungiform papillae Weak Regionally restricted 1b Low level of expression at serosal surface of some fungiform papilla near tip of tongue and also at more posterior fungiform papilla.
TS23: tongue epithelium Strong Regionally restricted 1b More intense, intermittent expression in dorsal lingual epithelium in posterior half of tongue.
Specimen 1c: embryonic day 16.5; Efnb2tm1Henk/Efnb2+ (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS24: fungiform papillae Present Regionally restricted 1c Expression at serosal surface of fungiform papilla.
TS24: tongue epithelium Strong Regionally restricted 1c More intense periodic expression in posterior three-quarters of apical aspect of dorsal lingual epithelium.
Specimen 1d: embryonic day 18.5; Efnb2tm1Henk/Efnb2+ (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS26: fungiform papillae Present Regionally restricted 1d More apically restricted expression.
TS26: tongue epithelium Present Regionally restricted 1d Continuous expression along dorsal epithelium.
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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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