PUBLICATION
A MAGE/NDN-like gene in zebrafish
- Authors
- Bischof, J.M., Ekker, M., and Wevrick, R.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-031031-18
- Date
- 2003
- Source
- Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists 228(3): 475-479 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Ekker, Marc
- Keywords
- necdin, MAGE, zebrafish, RNA-ISH, MAGE homology domain, Prader-Willi syndrome
- MeSH Terms
-
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Body Patterning/genetics
- Brain/embryology*
- Central Nervous System/embryology*
- Conserved Sequence
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/genetics
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization
- Mammals
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics*
- Nuclear Proteins/genetics*
- RNA/genetics
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Zebrafish/embryology
- Zebrafish/genetics*
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
- PubMed
- 14579385 Full text @ Dev. Dyn.
Citation
Bischof, J.M., Ekker, M., and Wevrick, R. (2003) A MAGE/NDN-like gene in zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 228(3):475-479.
Abstract
The human necdin/MAGE gene family has over 50 members, but most of the proteins encoded by these genes are of unknown function. We have now identified a single locus in Danio rerio that encodes a putative protein with significant coding sequence similarity to the mammalian NDN/MAGE genes. Analysis of the complete Fugu ribripes genome sequence also suggests that there is only a single MAGE-like gene in teleost fish. mage is expressed in the larval and adult brain, specifically the retina, the medial region of the telencephalon, periventricular gray zone of the optic tectum, and most highly in the cerebellar corpus. The discovery of a zebrafish NDN/MAGE gene expressed the developing brain facilitates studies of the MAGE homology domain in vertebrate development.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping