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Gene Expression Data
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Assay
Reference: J:171528 Nie X, et al., Dicer activity in neural crest cells is essential for craniofacial organogenesis and pharyngeal arch artery morphogenesis. Mech Dev. 2011 Mar-Apr;128(3-4):200-7
Assay type: RNA in situ
MGI Accession ID: MGI:6434081
Gene symbol: Tfap2a
Gene name: transcription factor AP-2, alpha
Results
Specimen 6A: embryonic day 9.0 (more )
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS14: head mesenchyme derived from neural crest Strong Regionally restricted 6A Highly expressed in neural crest cells along migration path within pharyngeal arches and presumptive craniofacial region.
TS14: migrating neural crest Strong Regionally restricted 6A Highly expressed in neural crest cells along migration path within pharyngeal arches and presumptive craniofacial region.
Specimen 6B: embryonic day 9.0; Dicer1tm1Mmk/Dicer1tm1Mmk, H2az2Tg(Wnt1-cre)11Rth/H2az2+ (more )
Note: Conditional mutant.
Structure Level Pattern Image Note
TS14: head mesenchyme derived from neural crest Present Regionally restricted 6B No apparent difference in presumptive facial and pharyngeal areas between control and mutant embryos.
TS14: migrating neural crest Present Regionally restricted 6B No apparent difference in presumptive facial and pharyngeal areas between control and mutant embryos.
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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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