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Gene Expression Data
Assay Details
Assay
Reference: J:87321 Weston JA, et al., Neural crest and the origin of ectomesenchyme: neural fold heterogeneity suggests an alternative hypothesis. Dev Dyn. 2004 Jan;229(1):118-30
Assay type: Immunohistochemistry
MGI Accession ID: MGI:5529799
Gene symbol: Pdgfra
Gene name: platelet derived growth factor receptor, alpha polypeptide
Antibody: anti-CD140a/Pdgfra (APA5)
Detection system: Secondary antibody
Assay notes: A tyramide signal amplification step was used.
Results
Specimen 1d,g: embryonic day 8.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Pdgfra; green - Cdh1 (assay MGI:5529802).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS13: future brain neural fold Present 1g , 1d
TS13: head mesenchyme Present 1g , 1d
TS13: branchial arch Present 1d
TS13: trunk mesenchyme Present Regionally restricted 1d Expression is in lateral body wall mesenchyme.
Specimen 1e,i: embryonic day 8.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: red - Pdgfra; green - Cdh1 (assay MGI:5529802).
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS13: future spinal cord neural fold Present 1i , 1e
TS13: trunk mesenchyme Present Regionally restricted 1e Expression is in lateral body wall mesenchyme.
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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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