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Pax‐3, a novel murine DNA binding protein expressed during early neurogenesis.
Author(s) -
Goulding M. D.,
Chalepakis G.,
Deutsch U.,
Erselius J. R.,
Gruss P.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
the embo journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.484
H-Index - 392
eISSN - 1460-2075
pISSN - 0261-4189
DOI - 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1991.tb08054.x
Subject(s) - biology , neurogenesis , homeobox , hindbrain , neuroepithelial cell , microbiology and biotechnology , dlx5 , neural crest , mesenchyme , neural development , genetics , embryo , gene , embryonic stem cell , gene expression
We describe the isolation and characterization of Pax‐3, a novel murine paired box gene expressed exclusively during embryogenesis. Pax‐3 encodes a 479 amino acid protein with an Mr of 56 kd containing both a paired domain and a paired‐type homeodomain. The Pax‐3 protein is a DNA binding protein that specifically recognizes the e5 sequence present upstream of the Drosophila even‐skipped gene. Pax‐3 transcripts are first detected in 8.5 day mouse embryos where they are restricted to the dorsal part of the neuroepithelium and to the adjacent segmented dermomyotome. During early neurogenesis, Pax‐3 expression is limited to mitotic cells in the ventricular zone of the developing spinal cord and to distinct regions in the hindbrain, midbrain and diencephalon. In 10–12 day embryos, expression of Pax‐3 is also seen in neural crest cells of the developing spinal ganglia, the craniofacial mesectoderm and in limb mesenchyme of 10 and 11 day embryos.