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Dev Genes Evol
2004 Sep 01;2149:460-5. doi: 10.1007/s00427-004-0425-1.
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Analysis of ascidian Not genes highlights their evolutionarily conserved and derived features of structure and expression in development.
Utsumi N
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Shimojima Y
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Saiga H
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The ascidian larva is often regarded as an organism close to the ancestral form of chordates, while it is generally accepted that the Spemann''s organizer is absent from ascidian embryos. Not is one of the genes expressed in the organizer to execute functions in vertebrate embryos. To address the extent of conservation of Not gene expression among ascidians and vertebrates, we examined the structure and developmental expression of Not of the two distantly related ascidian species, Halocynthia and Ciona. Putative ascidian Not proteins were noted by the absence of one of the two motifs conserved among Not proteins of sea urchin and vertebrates. Analysis by in situ hybridization revealed that Not gene expression of ascidians could be categorized into three types: expression likely to be conserved between ascidians and vertebrates, that probably unique to ascidians, and that specific to ascidian species. Expression of ascidian Not in the posterior end of the tail as well as the notochord and a small part of the anterior neural tube at the tailbud stage is reminiscent of the expression of the vertebrate counterparts in the tailbud, which is regarded as a continuation of the organizer and the pineal gland, respectively. The expression of Not in the epidermis precursors during cleavage stage may be unique to ascidians. In the light of the present findings, evolutionary aspects of Not genes are discussed.
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