title: Cloning and expression of medaka Dachshund.
abstract: The nuclear factor dachshund (dac) is a regulator of retinal cell fate determination in Drosophila. We have cloned a Dachshund homologue of a lower vertebrate, the teleost medaka (Oryzias latipes). Sequence comparison reveals high similarity of medaka Dachshund (OlDach) to the known homologues in higher vertebrates and Drosophila. OlDach is first expressed at early somitogenesis stages in the otic placode territory and forming somites. Subsequently, expression is detected in the retina, specific regions of the central nervous system, pancreas and the finbuds.
authors.affiliation: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Developmental Biology Programme, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany. felix.loosli@embl-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Loosli
authors.forename: Graeme
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mardon
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wittbrodt
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000196:embryology; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000378:metabolism; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D005121:Extremities / Q000196:embryology; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D009990:Oryzias; D010179:Pancreas / Q000196:embryology; D012160:Retina / Q000196:embryology; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C103968:dac protein, Drosophila