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Gene Expression Data
Assay Details
Assay
Reference: J:145977 Tetreault N, et al., The LIM homeobox transcription factor Lhx2 is required to specify the retina field and synergistically cooperates with Pax6 for Six6 trans-activation. Dev Biol. 2009 Mar 15;327(2):541-50
Assay type: RNA in situ
MGI Accession ID: MGI:6198683
Gene symbol: Lhx2
Gene name: LIM homeobox protein 2
Probe: Lhx2 probe11
Probe preparation: Antisense labelled with digoxigenin RNA
Visualized with: Alkaline phosphatase
Results
Specimen 1A left: embryonic day 8.0 (more )
Note: 2-somite stage
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS12: eye neural ectoderm Present Regionally restricted 1A left At 2 somite stage, expression in anterior neural plate in region corresponding to prospective retina field.
Specimen 1A center: embryonic day 8.0 (more )
Note: 2-somite stage
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS12: eye neural ectoderm Present Regionally restricted 1A center At 2 somite stage, expression in anterior neural plate in region corresponding to prospective retina field.
Specimen 1A right: embryonic day 8.0 (more )
Note: 2-somite stage
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS12: eye neural ectoderm Present Regionally restricted 1A right At 2 somite stage, expression in anterior neural plate in region corresponding to prospective retina field.
Specimen 1B left: embryonic day 9.0 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS14: future telencephalon Strong 1B left Robust expression in optic vesicle and eye, prospective telencephalon and limb bud from E9.0
TS14: limb bud Strong 1B left Robust expression in optic vesicle and eye, prospective telencephalon and limb bud from E9.0
TS14: optic vesicle neural ectoderm Strong 1B left Robust expression in optic vesicle and eye, prospective telencephalon and limb bud from E9.0
Specimen 1B center: embryonic day 9.0 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS14: future telencephalon Strong 1B center Robust expression in optic vesicle and eye, prospective telencephalon and limb bud from E9.0
TS14: limb bud Strong 1B center Robust expression in optic vesicle and eye, prospective telencephalon and limb bud from E9.0
TS14: optic vesicle neural ectoderm Strong 1B center Robust expression in optic vesicle and eye, prospective telencephalon and limb bud from E9.0
Specimen 1B right: embryonic day 9.0 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS14: future telencephalon Strong 1B right Robust expression in optic vesicle and eye, prospective telencephalon and limb bud from E9.0
TS14: limb bud Strong 1B right Robust expression in optic vesicle and eye, prospective telencephalon and limb bud from E9.0
TS14: optic vesicle neural ectoderm Strong 1B right Robust expression in optic vesicle and eye, prospective telencephalon and limb bud from E9.0
Specimen 1C: embryonic day 12.5 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS20: limb Present 1C
TS20: neocortex Present 1C
Specimen 1G Lhx2: embryonic day 8.25 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS13: eye neural ectoderm Present Regionally restricted 1G Lhx2 Expression demarcates specific region of anterior neural plate corresponding to presumptive retina field.
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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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