title: Ocular development-associated gene (ODAG), a novel gene highly expressed in ocular development.
abstract: Complementary DNA (cDNA) arrays were used to detect highly expressed messenger RNA (mRNA) at postnatal day 2 (P2) and P10 in the mouse eye, and several clones highly expressed at P2 were isolated. We focused among them on a novel gene, the ocular development-associated gene (ODAG), which was down regulated at P10. The expression around birth was subsequently confirmed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Mouse ODAG cDNA encodes a protein of 266 amino acids. Human ODAG cDNA and genomic structure were identified by basic local alignment search tool analysis of the GenBank database with mouse ODAG. Mouse ODAG-specific mRNA expression was detected in various mouse tissues within the eye at P2 and P7, whereas it was not detected anywhere at P14, suggesting that ODAG may play a role in eye development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.
authors.forename: Takanori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuruga
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanamoto
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Hidetoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyagawa
authors.forename: Hiromu K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Mishima
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005123:Eye / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D005136:Eye Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005136:Eye Proteins; C464454:GATAD1 protein, human; D012333:RNA, Messenger