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Assay
Reference: J:224572 Pombero A, et al., The alpha2-subunit of the nicotinic cholinergic receptor is specifically expressed in medial subpallium-derived cells of mammalian amygdala. J Comp Neurol. 2015 Aug 1;523(11):1608-21
Assay type: Immunohistochemistry
MGI Accession ID: MGI:5824992
Gene symbol: Chat
Gene name: choline O-acetyltransferase
Results
Specimen 2C: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
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TS22: basal forebrain Present Regionally restricted 2C Expression in the basal magnocellular complex (BMC).
Specimen 2F: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
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TS22: amygdala Ambiguous Regionally restricted 2F No expression in ventroposterior part of medial amygdala (MeVP).
Specimen 2I: embryonic day 14.5 (more )
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TS22: basal forebrain Present Regionally restricted 2I Expression in the basal magnocellular complex (BMC).
Specimen 3P: embryonic day 16.5 (more )
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TS24: basal forebrain Present Regionally restricted 3P Expression in the basal magnocellular complex (BMC).
Specimen 4J/K: embryonic day 17.5 (more )
Note: Double labeled: brown - Chat; blue - Chrna2 (assay MGI:5824988).
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TS25: basal forebrain Present Regionally restricted 4K , 4J Expression in the basal magnocellular complex (BMC).
Specimen 5C: postnatal day 0 (more )
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TS27: basal magnocellular complex Present 5C
Specimen 5G: postnatal day 0 (more )
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TS27: basal magnocellular complex Present 5G
Specimen 5K: postnatal day 0 (more )
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TS27: basal magnocellular complex Present 5K
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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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