TY - JOUR
T1 - Expression pattern of zcchc24 during early Xenopus development
AU - Vitorino, Marta
AU - Correia, Elizabeth
AU - Serralheiro, Ana Rita
AU - De-Jesus, Ana Catarina
AU - Inácio, José M.
AU - Belo, José A.
N1 - info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/SFRH/SFRH%2FBPD%2F65923%2F2009/PT#
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/SFRH/SFRH%2FBPD%2F41081%2F2007/PT#
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/114902/PT#
M Vitorino and J M Inacio are recipients of a F.C.T Post-Doc fellowship with reference SFRH/BPD/65923/2009 and SFRH/BPD/41081/2007, respectively. Elizabeth Correia is recipient of a F.C.T.B.I. fellowship (PTDC/SAU-BID/114902/2009). This work has been supported by research grants from F.C.T and from IBB/CBME, LA to J.A. Belo in the frame of Project refo Pest-OE/EQB/LA0023/2013.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - We report the expression pattern of a novel Xenopus laevis gene, zcchc24, which encodes a protein containing two zinc finger domains from the zf-CCHC and zf-3CxxC superfamilies. This protein shares >84% amino acid identity with its vertebrate homologues. During X. laevis embryonic development, zcchc24 is expressed at gastrula stages in the dorsal mesoderm, including the cardiac precursors region. During neurula stages, zcchc24 is expressed as two stripes in the dorsal region, more precisely, in the somitogenic mesoderm until the cardiac mesoderm. At early tailbud stages, zcchc24 continues to be expressed in these regions, but starts to be expressed in the migrating neural crest. Later, this gene is expressed in the head, branchial arches, heart and somites. The zinc finger domains present in Zcchc24 protein and its dynamic gene expression pattern suggest that Zcchc24 might be involved in the regulation of heart, somites and of branchial arch formation/patterning, namely in the regulation of apoptosis.
AB - We report the expression pattern of a novel Xenopus laevis gene, zcchc24, which encodes a protein containing two zinc finger domains from the zf-CCHC and zf-3CxxC superfamilies. This protein shares >84% amino acid identity with its vertebrate homologues. During X. laevis embryonic development, zcchc24 is expressed at gastrula stages in the dorsal mesoderm, including the cardiac precursors region. During neurula stages, zcchc24 is expressed as two stripes in the dorsal region, more precisely, in the somitogenic mesoderm until the cardiac mesoderm. At early tailbud stages, zcchc24 continues to be expressed in these regions, but starts to be expressed in the migrating neural crest. Later, this gene is expressed in the head, branchial arches, heart and somites. The zinc finger domains present in Zcchc24 protein and its dynamic gene expression pattern suggest that Zcchc24 might be involved in the regulation of heart, somites and of branchial arch formation/patterning, namely in the regulation of apoptosis.
KW - Heart development
KW - Neural crest
KW - Somitogenic mesoderm
KW - Zcchc24
KW - Zinc finger
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U2 - 10.1387/ijdb.130261jb
DO - 10.1387/ijdb.130261jb
M3 - Article
C2 - 24860994
AN - SCOPUS:84899746584
SN - 0214-6282
VL - 58
SP - 45
EP - 50
JO - International Journal of Developmental Biology
JF - International Journal of Developmental Biology
IS - 1
ER -