title: Expression of Xenopus T-box transcription factor, tbx2 in Xenopus embryo.
abstract: We report here the cloning and expression of the Xenopus orthologue of the T-box transcription factor gene Tbx2 (optomotor-blind in Drosophila). Tbx2 is first detected in the ventral mesodermal cells just above the yolk plug at late gastrula. At the neurula stage it is strongly expressed in the cement gland, dorsal root ganglia, and otic vesicle region. At the tailbud stage strong Tbx2 expression is observed in the dorsal part of the optic cup and trigeminal ganglia, and it is also expressed in the branchial arches, heart anlage, nasal pit, proctodeum, and the region around the pronephros.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences (Biology), Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eisaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asashima
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000196:embryology; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020825:T-Box Domain Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D014981:Xenopus / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C097348:T-Box Domain Protein 2; D020825:T-Box Domain Proteins