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Assay Details
Assay
Reference: J:72300 Dottori M, et al., The winged-helix transcription factor Foxd3 suppresses interneuron differentiation and promotes neural crest cell fate. Development. 2001 Nov;128(21):4127-38
Assay type: Immunohistochemistry
MGI Accession ID: MGI:2152658
Gene symbol: Foxd3
Gene name: forkhead box D3
Antibody: anti-Foxd3 polyclonal
Detection system: Secondary antibody
Assay notes: Species-specific secondary antibodies were conjugated to Cy3, Cy2 or FITC.
Results
Specimen not shown: embryonic day 9.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS15: central nervous system Present Regionally restricted Authors report expression at both cervical and trunk levels in a domain that spans the dorsal midline where neural crest progenitors are located.

Specimen 1A: embryonic day 9.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Foxd3; red - Pax3 (assay MGI:2152661).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS15: neural crest Present Regionally restricted 1A At thoracic levels, expression in dorsal midline cells; expression in premigratory neural crest cells.

Specimen 1B,1C: embryonic day 9.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Foxd3; red - Pax3 (assay MGI:2152661).
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TS15: migrating neural crest Present Regionally restricted 1B , 1C At cervical levels, expression in dorsal midline cells; expression in presumptive premigratory neural crest cells and in neural crest cells emigrating from the dorsal neural tube.
TS15: neural crest Present Regionally restricted 1B , 1C At cervical levels, expression in dorsal midline cells; expression in presumptive premigratory neural crest cells and in neural crest cells emigrating from the dorsal neural tube.

Specimen 1D: embryonic day 10.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Foxd3; red - Rbfox3 (NeuN; assay MGI:2152663).
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TS17: migrating neural crest Present Regionally restricted 1D Majority of expressing neural crest cells located at the periphery of ganglia.
TS17: dorsal root ganglion Weak Regionally restricted 1D Low levels of expression in a subset of cells in the dorsal root ganglia; not expressed in postmitotic sensory neurons.

Specimen 1E: embryonic day 10.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Foxd3; red - Rbfox3 (NeuN; assay MGI:2152663).
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TS17: migrating neural crest Present Regionally restricted 1E Majority of expressing cells located at the periphery of ganglia.
TS17: sympathetic nervous system Absent 1E Not expressed in postmitotic sympathetic neurons of spinal ganglia.

Specimen 1F: embryonic day 10.5 (more )
Note: Triple labeled: blue - Foxd3; green - Isl1 (assay MGI:2152666); red - BrdU.
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TS17: dorsal root ganglion Present Regionally restricted 1F Expression in cells encompassing and within the dorsal root ganglion.
TS17: migrating neural crest Present Regionally restricted 1F Expression in cells encompassing and within the dorsal root ganglion.

Specimen 1G: embryonic day 10.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Foxd3; red - Tubb3 (TuJ1; assay MGI:2152670).
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TS17: migrating neural crest Present Regionally restricted 1G Expression maintained in Schwann cell precursors that envelope axons of the peripheral nerves.

Specimen 1H: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Foxd3; red - Ctnnb1 (assay MGI:2152672).
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TS20: trunk mesenchyme Present Regionally restricted 1H Expression in melanocyte precursors migrating beneath the ectoderm.

Specimen 1I: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Foxd3; red - Pax3 (assay MGI:2152661).
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TS20: trunk mesenchyme Present Regionally restricted 1I Expression in neural crest-derived cells in both dorsolateral (melanocyte precursors migrating beneath the ectoderm) and ventral (cells enveloping the dorsal root ganglia) migration pathways.

Specimen not shown: embryonic day 14.0 (more )
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TS22: trunk mesenchyme Present Regionally restricted Expression in cells surrounding the peripheral ganglia and axon tracts.

Specimen 2C: embryonic day 10.0 (more )
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TS16: neural crest Present 2C Expression in neural crest cells generated along the length of the neural tube from midbrain/hindbrain border to the tail.

Specimen 2D: embryonic day 10.0 (more )
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TS16: neural crest Present 2D Expression in neural crest cells generated along the length of the neural tube from midbrain/hindbrain border to the tail.

Specimen 2G: embryonic day 9.5; Pax3Sp-2H/Pax3Sp-2H (more )
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TS15: migrating neural crest Present 2G Expression in hindbrain-derived neural crest cells at levels that contribute to cranial ganglia V, VII and IX.

Specimen 2H: embryonic day 10.0; Pax3Sp-2H/Pax3Sp-2H (more )
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TS16: migrating neural crest Absent 2H There is no expression in trunk neural crest cells in caudal regions where dorsal root ganglia and sympathetic ganglia are missing, although there is expression more anteriorly.

Specimen 2I: embryonic day 10.0; Pax3Sp-2H/Pax3Sp-2H (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Foxd3; red - Pax7 (assay MGI:2152674).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS16: migrating neural crest Present 2I At anterior cervical neural tube level, expression in migrating neural crest cells.
TS16: peripheral nervous system Present Regionally restricted 2I Expression in postmitotic ventral interneurons.

Specimen 2J: embryonic day 10.0; Pax3Sp-2H/Pax3Sp-2H (more )
Note: Double labeled: green - Foxd3; red - Pax7 (assay MGI:2152674).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS16: peripheral nervous system Present Regionally restricted 2J Expression in postmitotic ventral interneurons.


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