title: Cloning and expression analysis of zebrafish tob1 gene.
abstract: Many members of the Btg/Tob family, which possess anti-proliferation activity, have been identified in mammals but their physiological functions are poorly understood. We have identified a zebrafish tob1 gene, which encodes a peptide of 322 amino acids. The expression pattern of zebrafish tob1 during early embryogenesis is examined by RT-PCR and whole-mount in situ hybridization. The maternal tob1 transcript is abundant in fertilized eggs and blastulas. The expression of tob1 ceases during midgastrulation and early segmentation, when it is expressed and restricted to the notochord and somites. On day 2, expression occurs in the pectoral fin bud but not in other tissues. It will be interesting to investigate whether Tob1 is required for controlling cell proliferation during vertebrate embryogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Developmental Biology, State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Kehui
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Lixia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Anming
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meng
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000235:genetics*; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D029961:Zebrafish Proteins; C496416:tob1a protein, zebrafish