title: Differential gene expression of Xenopus Pitx1, Pitx2b and Pitx2c during cement gland, stomodeum and pituitary development.
abstract: The members of the Pitx family of homeobox transcription factors have been involved in many aspects of vertebrate embryogenesis, like for example, development of teeth, eyes and limbs. We previously reported expression patterns and function of Pitx2c in the generation of laterality and asymmetric morphogenesis of heart and gastro-intestinal tract in mouse, frog and zebrafish (Development 126 (1999) 1225; Mech. Dev. 90 (2000) 41). Here we describe the differential expression of Pitx1, Pitx2b and Pitx2c during anterior ectodermal pattern formation and differentiation of cement gland, stomodeum and pituitary in the frog Xenopus laevis.
authors.affiliation: Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institute of Toxicology and Genetics, P.O. Box 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schweickert
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Steinbeisser
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blum
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D019521:Body Patterning; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000378:metabolism*; D005088:Exocrine Glands / Q000196:embryology; D005775:Gastrula / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D005801:Genes, Homeobox; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009055:Mouth / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D051761:Paired Box Transcription Factors; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000196:embryology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D029867:Xenopus Proteins; D014982:Xenopus laevis / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics; D000097577:Homeobox Protein PITX2
chemical_list: D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D051761:Paired Box Transcription Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors; D029867:Xenopus Proteins; D000097577:Homeobox Protein PITX2; C438619:Pitx2b protein, Xenopus; C438620:Pitx2c protein, Xenopus; C101485:homeobox protein PITX1