title: Spatial and temporal distribution of the traf4 genes during zebrafish development.
abstract: The tumor necrosis factor-associated factor 4 (TRAF4) is a particular member of the TRAF protein family since it is not involved in the Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) and Interleukin-1 (IL-1) signaling pathways. In the present study, we cloned two zebrafish orthologs of the human traf4, traf4a and traf4b, which are the first TRAFs described in zebrafish. During embryogenesis, traf4b expression is present in a weak ubiquitous manner. In contrast, traf4a exhibits a highly specific expression pattern in the sensorial and neural cells, and the somites of embryos. This gene is tightly regulated during embryogenesis. Together, our data show that traf4 is conserved during evolution, and traf4a is the zebrafish ortholog of traf4.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), CNRS/INSERM/Université Louis Pasteur, BP 10142, 67404 Illkirch Cedex, C.U. de Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kedinger
authors.forename: Fabien
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alpy
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tomasetto
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thisse
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Thisse
authors.forename: Marie-Christine
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Rio
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009024:Morphogenesis; D010802:Phylogeny; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D053449:TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 4; D047988:Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-Associated Peptides and Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000145:classification / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics*; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D053449:TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 4; C506367:TRAF4 protein, human; C506368:Traf4 protein, mouse; D047988:Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-Associated Peptides and Proteins; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins