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MyoR and MyoD Expression domains during Chick first Branchial Arch Development

Lateral view of a HH20 chick embryo hybridized with a MyoR probe.

(A) Lateral view of a HH20 chick embryo hybridized with a MyoR probe. HH20 (B,C) embryo was frontally sectioned at the head level. The plane of section is indicated in the panel A. Adjacent sections from each stage were hybridized with DIG-labelled antisense probes for either MyoR (B) or MyoD (C).

MyoR delineates the myogenic core of the first branchial arch (B) and is subsequently expressed in all branchiomeric muscles.

MyoD transcripts are first detected in a lateral sub-region of the MyoR domain at HH20 (B,C, arrows).

• MyoR - (Myogenic Repressor) basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) factor expressed in undifferentiated myoblasts and downregulated during differentiation. OMIM603628

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Reference

<pubmed>19198652</pubmed>| PLoS One.

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Grenier J, Teillet M-A, Grifone R, Kelly RG, Duprez D (2009) Relationship between Neural Crest Cells and Cranial Mesoderm during Head Muscle Development. PLoS ONE 4(2): e4381. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004381

Figure 1. journal.pone.0004381.g001.jpg Original figure altered in size and labelling.

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004381.g001