Xenbase: gene expression patterns

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Gene expression patterns: by antibody name

immunohistochemical detection of protein distribution patterns in section and wholemount

name	epitope distribution	window	subtype	source	reference
2G9	pan-neural		IgG	E.Jones
3G8	pronephric tubules and otic vesicle	31/32 onwards	IgG	E.Jones	Vize et al. (1995)
4A4	sensorial epidermis	neurula onwards	IgG	Oncogene Sciences	Yang et al., 1998, Lu et al., 2001
4A6	pronephric duct and distal tubule	38/39 onwards	IgG	E.Jones	Vize et al. (1995)

5A3	somite and heart in tailbud	to stage 38/39	IgG	E.Jones
5A3	Other muscles	38/39 onward	IgG	E.Jones
12/101	somite (not in heart)	stg 17 onwards	IgG	DHSB	Kintner and Brockes
12/101	Other muscles	from stage 38/39	IgG	DHSB	Kintner and Brockes
HNK-1			IgM	DHSB
membrane skeletal protein 4.1 (rabbit)	detects post-mitotic cells of retina		polyclonal	R.Moon
neurofilament (rabbit)	CNS, also detects ciliated epidermis		polyclonal
N-myc	brain, eye, crest, weaker somite and pronephros		polyclonal	G.Evan
PCNA, proliferating cell nuclear antigen	Actually stains lots of cells, many of which have no intention of dividing. Useful for visualizing migrating crest and some other cell types		IgG	Commercial from DAKO
tor70	notochord	to about stage 28	IgG	Kushner
tor70	lateral line, some cranial ganglia, proctodeum, stomodeum and nasal pits	From stage 40	IgG	Kushner
tubulin	mitotic spindles, ciliated cells (e.g. nephrostomes, ciliated epidermis)		IgG	Amersham cat#17513 or DSHB
Xen1	CNS		IgG	DHSB	A.Ruiz i Altaba

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