Identification and Developmental Expression of the Zebrafish ZGC:154061 Gene, a Conserved Yet Uncharacterized Maternally Expressed MEIS2 Linked Gene

ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Brandon Scott Carpenter (Creator)
Institution
Appalachian State University (ASU )
Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Advisor
Ted Zerucha

Abstract: We have identified a novel and previously undescribed gene, zgc:154061, located directly downstream of the zebrafish meis2.2 gene. We have identified putative orthologs of this gene in all animals that we have been able to examine. The zgc:154061 gene and its vertebrate orthologs are organized in a convergently transcribed manner with respect to the Meis2 gene in all species we have examined (meis2.2 in teleosts). It appears that the homologs of Meis and zgc:154061 are also linked in amphioxus and sea urchins but that this linkage is not present in urochordates, nor in protostomes. During zebrafish development, transcripts of zgc:154061 are observed in every cell of the embryo from the earliest stage through the shield stage indicating this gene is a maternal transcript since its expression precedes the activation of the zygotic genome at the midblastula transition. Expression of zgc:154061 gradually decreases from its peak value at 0 hpf until 8 hpf and then is observed to be activated again at 12 hpf throughout the neural tube before becoming restricted to the retina and tectum opticum by 48 hpf.

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Publication
Thesis
Carpenter, B.S. (2010). Identification and Developmental Expression of the Zebrafish ZGC:154061 Gene, a Conserved Yet Uncharacterized Maternally Expressed MEIS2 Linked Gene. Unpublished master's thesis. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
Language: English
Date: 2010
Keywords
Meis, zgc:154061, Danio rerio, maternal expression, neural tube, branchial arche

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