title: Spatio-temporally restricted expression of cell adhesion molecules during chicken embryonic development.
abstract: Differential cell adhesive properties are known to regulate important developmental events like cell sorting and cell migration. Cadherins and protocadherins are known to mediate these cellular properties. Though a large number of such molecules have been predicted, their characterization in terms of interactive properties and cellular roles is far from being comprehensive. To narrow down the tissue context and collect correlative evidence for tissue specific roles of these molecules, we have carried out whole-mount in situ hybridization based RNA expression study for seven cadherins and four protocadherins. In developing chicken embryos (HH stages 18, 22, 26 and 28) cadherins and protocadherins are expressed in tissue restricted manner. This expression study elucidates precise expression domains of cell adhesion molecules in the context of developing embryos. These expression domains provide spatio-temporal context in which the function of these genes can be further explored.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, U.P., India.
authors.forename: Priti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, U.P., India.
authors.forename: Amitabha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bandyopadhyay
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015820:Cadherins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002356:Cartilage / Q000254:growth & development; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000235:genetics*; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D002642:Chick Embryo; D047108:Embryonic Development / Q000235:genetics*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D006321:Heart / Q000254:growth & development; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D007668:Kidney / Q000254:growth & development; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012160:Retina / Q000254:growth & development; D019170:Somites / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D015820:Cadherins; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D012333:RNA, Messenger