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Gene Expression Data
Assay Details
Assay
Reference: J:42766 Sang Q, et al., Development of nicotinic receptor clusters and innervation accompanying the change in muscle phenotype in the mouse esophagus. J Comp Neurol. 1997 Sep 15;386(1):119-36
Assay type: Immunohistochemistry
MGI Accession ID: MGI:5750687
Gene symbol: Calca
Gene name: calcitonin/calcitonin-related polypeptide, alpha
Antibody: anti-CGRP
Results
Specimen 9A: postnatal day 0 (more )
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TS27: myenteric nerve plexus Present Regionally restricted 9A Expression in sparce nerve terminals in the developing myenteric ganglia.
Specimen 9B: postnatal day 7 (more )
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TS28: myenteric nerve plexus Present Regionally restricted 9B Expression in an increased number of nerve terminals.
Specimen 9C: postnatal adult (more )
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TS28: myenteric nerve plexus Present Regionally restricted 9C
Specimen 9D: postnatal day 0 (more )
Note: Middle region of esophagus.
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TS27: esophagus muscularis Present Regionally restricted 9D No expression in nerve terminals in external muscle.
Specimen 9E: postnatal day 7 (more )
Note: Middle region of esophagus.
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TS28: esophagus muscularis Present Regionally restricted 9E Expression in some nerve fibers running parallel to muscle layers
Specimen 9F: postnatal adult (more )
Note: Middle region of esophagus.
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TS28: esophagus muscularis Present Regionally restricted 9F Expression in large nerve terminals found in clusters in external muscle.
Specimen 12C': postnatal adult (more )
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TS28: myenteric nerve plexus Present Regionally restricted 12C' Expression in some but not all nerve terminals.
Specimen 12D': postnatal adult (more )
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TS28: myenteric nerve plexus Present Regionally restricted 12D' Expression in some but not all nerve terminals.
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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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