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Gene Expression Data
Assay Details
Assay
Reference: J:138310 Xu C, et al., Expression of Robo/Slit and Semaphorin/Plexin/Neuropilin family members in the developing hypothalamic paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei. Gene Expr Patterns. 2008 Sep;8(7-8):502-7
Assay type: RNA in situ
MGI Accession ID: MGI:3845300
Gene symbol: Slit2
Gene name: slit guidance ligand 2
Probe: Slit2 cDNA3
Probe preparation: Antisense labelled with digoxigenin RNA
Visualized with: Alkaline phosphatase
Assay notes: Fixative was Methancarn (60% methanol, 30% chloroform, and 10% acetic acid).
Results
Specimen 2E1, E5: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Note: (E5) is a higher magnification of the boxed area in (E1).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: diencephalon ventricular layer Present Regionally restricted 2_E5 , 2_E1 Expression is in a punctate pattern next to the paraventricular nucleus/supraoptic nucleus progenitor.
TS20: hypothalamus Present Regionally restricted 2_E5 , 2_E1 Expression is in a small group of cells at the dorsal-medial portion of the paraventricular nucleus/supraoptic nucleus progenitor.
Specimen 2E2: embryonic day 13.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS21: diencephalon ventricular layer Present Regionally restricted 2_E2 Expression is next to the paraventricular nucleus progenitor.
Specimen 2E3: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS22: diencephalon ventricular layer Present Regionally restricted 2_E3 Expression is next to the paraventricular nucleus progenitor.
Specimen 2E4: embryonic day 15.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS23: diencephalon ventricular layer Present Regionally restricted 2_E4 Expression is next to the paraventricular nucleus progenitor.
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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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