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Assay
Reference: J:150616 Gutknecht L, et al., Spatio-temporal expression of tryptophan hydroxylase isoforms in murine and human brain: convergent data from Tph2 knockout mice. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2009 Apr;19(4):266-82
Assay type: Immunohistochemistry
MGI Accession ID: MGI:6840955
Gene symbol: Tph2
Gene name: tryptophan hydroxylase 2
Antibody: Tph2 antibody
Detection system: Biotinylated secondary antibody/[Strept]avidin coupled to horseradish peroxidase
Results
Specimen 4Ac: embryonic day 11.25 (more )
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TS19: hindbrain Present Regionally restricted 4Ac Expression is near the floor plate in the rostro-ventral part of the hindbrain.
Specimen 4Ad: embryonic day 11.25 (more )
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TS19: hindbrain Present Regionally restricted 4Ad Expression is near the floor plate in the rostro-ventral part of the hindbrain.
Specimen 4Bd: embryonic day 15.5 (more )
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TS23: brainstem nucleus Present Regionally restricted 4Bd Expression is in serotonergic neurons in raphe nuclei.
Specimen 5Bf: embryonic day 18.5 (more )
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TS26: brainstem nucleus Present Regionally restricted 5Bf Expression is in serotonergic neurons in raphe nuclei.
Specimen 5Bg: postnatal day 0.5 (more )
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TS27: raphe nucleus Present 5Bg
Specimen 5Bh: postnatal day 5 (more )
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TS28: raphe nucleus Present 5Bh
Specimen 5Bi: postnatal day 10 (more )
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TS28: raphe nucleus Present 5Bi
Specimen 5Bj: postnatal day 16 (more )
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TS28: raphe nucleus Present 5Bj Expression is serotonergic cells' soma from the most rostral central raphe nucleus to the most caudal obscurus raphe nucleus.
Specimen 6Bc: postnatal day 21 (more )
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TS28: raphe nucleus Strong 6Bc
TS28: brain Present Regionally restricted 6Bc Expression is in fibers tracts such as the medial forebrain bundle, running along the floor of the aqueduct, above the corpus callosum, in the walls of the lateral ventricules, towards and within the bulbus olfactorius but also in isolated axons densely innervating all the different brain structures.
TS28: pineal gland Absent 6Bc
Specimen 6Bd: postnatal day 21 (more )
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TS28: raphe nucleus Strong 6Bd Expression is in serotonergic axons presenting synaptic boutons and transversally cut axons.
Specimen 7Ba: embryonic day 18.5 (more )
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TS26: pineal gland Absent 7Ba
Specimen 7Bb: postnatal day 0.5 (more )
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TS27: pineal gland Present Regionally restricted 7Bb Expression is in fibers.
Specimen 7Bc: postnatal day 5 (more )
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TS28: pineal gland Present Regionally restricted 7Bc Expression is in fibers.
Specimen 7Bd: postnatal adult (more )
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TS28: pineal gland Weak Regionally restricted 7Bd Expression is in fibers.
Specimen 8a: postnatal (more )
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TS28: dorsal raphe nucleus Present 8a
Specimen 8c: postnatal; Tph2tm1.2Kpl/Tph2tm1.2Kpl (more )
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TS28: dorsal raphe nucleus Absent 8c
Specimen not shown: embryonic day 9.5 (more )
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TS15: central nervous system Absent
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