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Gene Expression Data
Assay Details
Assay
Reference: J:19476 Simeone A, et al., Orthopedia, a novel homeobox-containing gene expressed in the developing CNS of both mouse and Drosophila. Neuron. 1994 Jul;13(1):83-101
Assay type: RNA in situ
MGI Accession ID: MGI:5902855
Gene symbol: Otp
Gene name: orthopedia homeobox
Probe: probe A
Probe preparation: Antisense labelled with S35 RNA
Visualized with: Autoradiography
Results
Specimen 6a/a': embryonic day 9.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS15: future spinal cord Present 6a/a'
TS15: diencephalon Present Regionally restricted 6a/a' Expressed in two nonoverlapping regions. Located anteriorly in the hypothalamus at the level of the optic stalk, and more posteriorly in an extended region in the posterior hypothalamus.

Specimen 6b/b': embryonic day 9.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS15: future spinal cord Present 6b/b'
TS15: diencephalon Present Regionally restricted 6b/b' Expressed in two nonoverlapping regions.

Specimen 6c/c': embryonic day 10.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS17: future spinal cord Present 6c/c'
TS17: hindbrain Present Regionally restricted 6c/c' Expression boundary is very close, or coincident, with the midbrain posterior border.
TS17: diencephalon Present Regionally restricted 6c/c' Expressed in two nonoverlapping regions. Located anteriorly in the hypothalamus at the level of the optic stalk, and more posteriorly in an extended region in the posterior hypothalamus.

Specimen 6d/d': embryonic day 10.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS17: diencephalon Present 6d/d'
TS17: future spinal cord Present 6d/d'

Specimen 6e/e': embryonic day 10.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS17: diencephalon Present Regionally restricted 6e/e' Expressed in two nonoverlapping regions. Located anteriorly in the hypothalamus at the level of the optic stalk, and more posteriorly in an extended region in the posterior hypothalamus.

Specimen 6f/f': embryonic day 10.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS17: hindbrain lateral wall Present Regionally restricted 6f/f' Expressed in a mediolateral group of cells in the basal plate.
TS17: diencephalon Present Regionally restricted 6f/f' Expressed in two nonoverlapping regions. Located anteriorly in the hypothalamus at the level of the optic stalk, and more posteriorly in an extended region in the posterior hypothalamus.

Specimen 6g/g': embryonic day 10.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS17: hindbrain lateral wall Present Regionally restricted 6g/g' Expressed in a mediolateral group of cells in the basal plate.
TS17: diencephalon Present Regionally restricted 6g/g' Expressed in two nonoverlapping regions. Located anteriorly in the hypothalamus at the level of the optic stalk, and more posteriorly in an extended region in the posterior hypothalamus.

Specimen 7a/a': embryonic day 10.0 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS16: future spinal cord Present Regionally restricted 7a/a' Expressed in a medioventral region close to the sulcus limitans, excluding the internal germinative layer.

Specimen 7b/b': embryonic day 11.5 (more )
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TS19: future spinal cord Present Regionally restricted 7b/b' Expressed in a narrow band of cells in the alar plate.

Specimen 7c/c': embryonic day 12.5 (more )
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TS20: alar columns Strong Regionally restricted 7c/c' Expression is concentrated not only in the medial regions, but appears also in more dorsal and ventral regions. Dorsally, these cells run laterally to the germinal layer.
TS20: basal columns Strong Regionally restricted 7c/c' Expression is concentrated not only in the medial regions, but appears also in more dorsal and ventral regions. Dorsally, these cells run laterally to the germinal layer.

Specimen 7d/d': embryonic day 14.0 (more )
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TS22: spinal cord lateral wall Present Regionally restricted 7d/d' Expressed in the intermedial region of the lateral horn.

Specimen 7e/e': embryonic day 17.0 (more )
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TS25: spinal cord lateral wall Present Regionally restricted 7e/e' Expressed in the intermedial region of the lateral horn (visceral sensory area).

Specimen 8a/a': embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: diencephalon Present Regionally restricted 8a/a' Expressed in three nonoverlapping regions.
TS20: hypothalamus Present Regionally restricted 8a/a' Strongest expression in the anterior hypothalamus around the optic staik and includes the posterior preoptic area and the supraoptic paraventricular region. Posteriorly, expressed in the retrochiasmatic region, in the ventral tuberal region, and dorsally in a narrow stripe running among mammillary, retrochiasmatic, and posterior entopenduncolar areas.
TS20: preoptic area Present Regionally restricted 8a/a' Expressed in the posterior preoptic area.

Specimen 8b/b': embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: diencephalon Present Regionally restricted 8b/b' Expressed in three nonoverlapping regions.
TS20: hypothalamus Present Regionally restricted 8b/b' Expressed in the retrochiasmatic region, in the ventral tuberal region, and dorsally in a narrow stripe running among mammillary, retrochiasmatic, and posterior entopenduncolar areas.

Specimen 8c/c': embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: telencephalon Present Regionally restricted 8c/c' Expressedd in the inferior part of the massa cellularis reuniens, which is the matrix of the globus pallidus and the stria terminalis.

Specimen 8d/d': embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: hypothalamus Present 8d/d' Most strongly.
TS20: optic stalk Present 8d/d' Most strongly.

Specimen 8e/e': embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: hypothalamus Present Regionally restricted 8e/e' Expressed in the postoptic region and attributed to the retrochiasmatic area.

Specimen 8f/f': embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: cerebellum primordium Present 8f/f'
TS20: midbrain-hindbrain junction Present Regionally restricted 8f/f' Expressed in the rhombic isthmus at the ventral part.
TS20: medulla oblongata basal plate Present 8f/f'
TS20: medulla oblongata lateral wall Present Regionally restricted 8f/f' Expressed only in the basal plate and not in the more medial zone.

Specimen 8g/g': embryonic day 12.5 (more )
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TS20: pons Present Regionally restricted 8g/g' Expressed only in the basal plate and not in the more medial zone.

Specimen 8h/h': embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: hypothalamus Present Regionally restricted 8h/h' Expressed in the retrochiasmatic region, in the ventral tuberal region, and dorsally in a narrow stripe running among mammillary, retrochiasmatic, and posterior entopenduncolar areas.

Specimen 8i/i': embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: hypothalamus Present Regionally restricted 8i/i' Sharply expressed in the supraoptic paraventricular and postoptic retrochiasmatic regions.

Specimen 9a/a': embryonic day 17.0 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS25: hypothalamus Present Regionally restricted 9a/a' Expressed in the well-developed preoptic and postoptic areas.
TS25: preoptic area Present 9a/a'

Specimen 9b/b': embryonic day 17.0 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS25: preoptic area Present Regionally restricted 9b/b' Expressed in the presumptive preoptic lateral and preoptic periventricular areas.

Specimen 9c/c': embryonic day 17.0 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS25: hypothalamus Present Regionally restricted 9c/c' Expressed in the presumptive paraventricular supraoptic and arcuatus nuclei.
TS25: telencephalon Present Regionally restricted 9c/c' Expressed in the presumptive stria terminalis.
TS25: optic tract Present 9c/c'

Specimen 9d/d': embryonic day 17.0 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS25: hypothalamus Present Regionally restricted 9d/d' Expressed in the presumptive paraventricular supraoptic and arcuatus nuclei.
TS25: telencephalon Present Regionally restricted 9d/d' Expressed in the amygdaloid complex, and a sharp ribbon, located ventrally to the zona incerta.

Specimen 10d: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: diencephalon Present Regionally restricted 10d Expressed in the massa cellularis reuniens pars inferior and probably the supraoptic-paraventricular area.
TS20: telencephalon Present Regionally restricted 10d Expressed in the globus pallidus anlage, included in a large Emx2-expressing region.

Specimen 10h/h': embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: hypothalamus Present Regionally restricted 10h/h' Otx7 and Otp are expressed in close but not overlapping domains. The thin stripe of cells expressing Otx7 defines ventrally the Otp expression. No expression in the periventricular germinal layers.

Specimen 10l/l': embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: hypothalamus Present Regionally restricted 10l/l' Expressed in the retrochiasmatic region.

Specimen 11b/b': embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: metencephalon Present 11b/b' Otx2 expression limit is coincident but not is overlapping with the Otp anterior limit.

Specimen 11d/d': embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: hypothalamus Present 11d/d' Otp and D1x1 show adjacent expression domains along the dorsoventral axis.

Specimen 11f/f': embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: diencephalon Present Regionally restricted 11f/f' Expressed anteriorly in a sharp stripe corresponding to the preoptic posterior area and is expressed posteriorly in the retrochiasmatic area. The anterior Otp stripe is flanked by two Dlx1 domains; the posterior Dlx1 stripe is flanked by two Otp domains.

Specimen not shown: embryonic day 7.5 (more )
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TS11: embryo Absent

Specimen not shown: embryonic day 8.5 (more )
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TS13: embryo Absent

Specimen not shown: embryonic day 14.0 (more )
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TS22: hypothalamus Present Almost identically expressed as in E12.5.
TS22: spinal cord Present Almost identically expressed as in E12.5.

Specimen not shown: embryonic day 17.0 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS25: hindbrain Present Regionally restricted Lower expression in the basal hindbrain derivatives.


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