Expression of avian prickle genes during early development and organogenesis

Cooper, Oliver, Sweetman, Dylan, Wagstaff, Laura and Munsterberg, Andrea (2008) Expression of avian prickle genes during early development and organogenesis. Developmental Dynamics, 237 (5). pp. 1442-1448. ISSN 1097-0177

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Abstract

Chicken homologues of prickle-1 (pk-1) and prickle-2 (pk-2) were isolated to gain insight into the extent of planar cell polarity signaling during avian embryogenesis. Bioinformatics analyses demonstrated homology and showed that pk-1 and pk-2 exhibited conserved synteny with ADAMTS20 and ADAMTS9, GON-related zinc metalloproteases. Expression of pk-1 and pk-2 was established during embryogenesis and early organogenesis, using in situ hybridization and sections of chicken embryos. At early stages, pk-1 was expressed in Hensen's node, primitive streak, ventral neural tube, and foregut. In older embryos, pk-1 transcripts were detected in dorsolateral epithelial somites, dorsomedial lip of dermomyotomes, and differentiating myotomes. Furthermore, pk-1 expression was seen in lateral body folds, limb buds, and ventral metencephalon. pk-2 was expressed in Hensen's node and neural ectoderm at early stages. In older embryos, pk-2 expression was restricted to ventromedial epithelial somites, except in the most recently formed somite pair, and limb bud mesenchyme.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Cells and Tissues
Depositing User:	EPrints Services
Date Deposited:	01 Oct 2010 13:36
Last Modified:	29 Jan 2025 10:50
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/116
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