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Xath2, a bHLH gene expressed during a late transition stage of neurogenesis in the forebrain of Xenopus embryos

Authors :
Eric Bellefroid
Kenneth Ryan
Vincent Taelman
Karin Opdecamp
Bernard Avalosse
Source :
Mechanisms of Development. 101:199-202
Publication Year :
2001
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2001.

Abstract

We have identified a Xenopus bHLH gene, Xath2, which is the homologue of the murine MATH-2/NEX-1 gene, using a functional expression screening approach. Overexpression of this gene in neurula embryos induces the expression of the N-tubulin neuronal marker but does not stimulate the expression of the X-ngnr-1 and NeuroD proneural genes. Expression of Xath2 begins in stage 32 embryos and is restricted to the dorsal telencephalon. Within the neuroepithelium of the dorsal telencephalon, Xath2 expression is detected in postmitotic cells located more laterally than those expressing several other related bHLH neuronal regulators.

Details

ISSN :
09254773
Volume :
101
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Mechanisms of Development
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....60fc6eab5291f5f39ad52f111c0d3650