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Cloning and developmental expression of the soxB2 genes, sox14 and sox21, during Xenopus laevis embryogenesis.

ABSTRACT: The Sox family of transcription factors is thought to regulate gene expression in a wide variety of developmental processes. Here we describe the cloning of the X. laevis orthologs of the SoxB2 family of transcription factors, sox14 and sox21. In situ hybridization revealed that sox14 expression is restricted to the hypothalamus, dorsal thalamus, the optic tectum, a region of the somatic motornucleus in the midbrain and hindbrain, the vestibular nuclei in the hindbrain and a discrete ventral domain in the developing spinal cord. In contrast to the limited expression domain of sox14, sox21 is found throughout the developing central nervous system, including the olfactory placodes, with strongest expression at the boundary between the midbrain and hindbrain.

SUBMITTER: Cunningham DD

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2587241 | biostudies-literature | 2008

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cloning and developmental expression of the soxB2 genes, sox14 and sox21, during Xenopus laevis embryogenesis.

Cunningham Doreen D DD Meng Zhuo Z Fritzsch Bernd B Casey Elena Silva ES

The International journal of developmental biology 20080101 7

The Sox family of transcription factors is thought to regulate gene expression in a wide variety of developmental processes. Here we describe the cloning of the X. laevis orthologs of the SoxB2 family of transcription factors, sox14 and sox21. In situ hybridization revealed that sox14 expression is restricted to the hypothalamus, dorsal thalamus, the optic tectum, a region of the somatic motornucleus in the midbrain and hindbrain, the vestibular nuclei in the hindbrain and a discrete ventral dom ...[more]

PMID: 18956331

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