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The spatial and temporal dynamics of Sax1 (CHox3) homeobox gene expression in the chick's spinal cord
P. Spann, M. Ginsburg, Z. Rangini, A. Fainsod, H. Eyal-Giladi, Y. Gruenbaum
Development 1994 120: 1817-1828;

Summary

Sax1 (previously CHox3) is a chicken homeobox gene belonging to the same homeobox gene family as the Drosophila NK1 and the honeybee HHO genes. Sax1 transcripts are present from stage 2 H&H until at least 5 days of embryonic development. However, specific localization of Sax1 transcripts could not be detected by in situ hybridization prior to stage 8-, when Sax1 transcripts are specifically localized in the neural plate, posterior to the hindbrain. From stages 8- to 15 H&H, Sax1 continues to be expressed only in the spinal part of the neural plate. The anterior border of Sax1 expression was found to be always in the transverse plane separating the youngest somite from the yet unsegmented mesodermal plate and to regress with similar dynamics to that of the segregation of the somites from the mesodermal plate. The posterior border of Sax1 expression coincides with the posterior end of the neural plate. In order to study a possible regulation of Sax1 expression by its neighboring tissues, several embryonic manipulation experiments were performed. These manipulations included: removal of somites, mesodermal plate or notochord and transplantation of a young ectopic notochord in the vicinity of the neural plate or transplantation of neural plate sections into the extraembryonic area. The results of these experiments revealed that the induction of the neural plate by the mesoderm has already occurred in full primitive streak embryos, after which Sax1 is autonomously regulated within the spinal part of the neural plate.

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The spatial and temporal dynamics of Sax1 (CHox3) homeobox gene expression in the chick's spinal cord
P. Spann, M. Ginsburg, Z. Rangini, A. Fainsod, H. Eyal-Giladi, Y. Gruenbaum
Development 1994 120: 1817-1828;
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