Table 1 The expression of alpha-skeletal actin in different vertebrate species.
From: Developmental expression of the alpha-skeletal actin gene
Organism | Gene expression | Reference (Method) |
|---|---|---|
Mouse | somites, forelimb buds, hindlimb buds, heart, liver, branchial arches,mandible,lens, otic vesicle,brain regions | This study (in situ hybridization) |
Mouse/Rat | somites, forelimb buds, hindlimb buds, heart, trunk, head and paraxial mesenchym, cephalic musculature, intraembryonic coelom | Sassoon et al. (1988) [38] (in situ hybridization) Lyons et al. (1991) [53] (in situ hybridization and alpha-skeletal actin specific polyclonal antibody) McHugh et al. (1991) [48] (Northern blot) Asante et al. (1994) [69] (alpha-skeletal actin – Lac Z transgene) |
Chicken | somites, forelimb buds, hindlimb buds, heart, liver, cephalic musculature, branchial arches, lens, otic vesicle,nasal pituitary, brain regions | This study (in situ hybridization) |
| Â | somites, skeletal muscle (limb buds), heart | Hayward & Schwartz (1986) [33, 34] (cell culture hybridization) Ruzicka & Schwartz (1988) [34] (in situ hybridization) |
Snake | somites, heart, liver, cephalic musculature, branchial arches,proliverative cell layer, otic vesicle,nasal pituitary, brain regions | This study (in situ hybridization) |
Salamander | somites, heart | This study (in situ hybridization) |
Frog | somites | Mohun et al. (1984) [42] (gene-specific probe) Boardman et al. (1992) [70] (actin – β-globin fusion gene) |
Zebrafish | blastomeres, EVL, somites, pectoral fin musculature (not shown), heart, liver, cephalic musculature, branchial arches,jaw musculature,lens, proliverative cell layer,cerebellum,epiphysis,midbrain, hindbrain,midcerebral vein | This study (in situ hybridization) |
|  | blastomeres, EVL, paraxial mesoderm, adaxial cell, somites, pectoral fin, musculature, cephalic musculature | Rauch et al. (2003-present) [71] (in situ hybridization) Thisse & Thisse (2004-present) [72] (in situ hybridization) Lee et al. (2006) [73] (in situ hybridization) Lin et al. (2006) [74] (alpha-skeletal actin – RFP transgene) Hinits and Hughes (2007) [75] (in situ hybridization) |