Xpitx3: a member of the Rieg/Pitx gene family expressed during pituitary and lens formation in Xenopus laevis.
Xpitx3 is the Xenopus homologue of the mouse Pitx3 gene and belongs to the family of RIEG/PITX homeobox genes. Here, we report on the embryonic expression of Xpitx3. It is transcribed in the presumptive pituitary already at the open neural tube stage. During further development Xpitx3 is strongly transcribed in the pituitary Anlage, the lens placodes and head mesenchyme, respectively.
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Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, D-37073, Göttingen, Germany.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000378:metabolism; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000196:embryology*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D009154:Mutation; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D051761:Paired Box Transcription Factors; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000196:embryology*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D051381:Rats; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D014982:Xenopus laevis / Q000196:embryology*; D000097577:Homeobox Protein PITX2
D018076:DNA, Complementary; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D051761:Paired Box Transcription Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000097577:Homeobox Protein PITX2; C101485:homeobox protein PITX1; C433629:homeobox protein PITX3