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PMID: 8224839 Published · ppublish English Journal Article

Perinatal lethality and defects in hindbrain development in mice homozygous for a targeted mutation of the zinc finger gene Krox20.

Genes & development ·Vol. 7 ·No. 11 ·1993-11-00 ·Pages 2071-84

Swiatek PJ, Gridley T

Abstract

Krox20 is a zinc finger gene expressed in rhombomeres 3 and 5 during hindbrain development in vertebrates. Mice homozygous for a targeted mutation that deletes the majority of the Krox20 genes, including the zinc finger DNA-binding domain, died shortly after birth. The primary phenotype of the homozygous mutant animals was the loss of rhombomeres 3 and 5. This resulted in fusions of the trigeminal ganglion with the facial and vestibular ganglia, and of the superior ganglia of the glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves. These fusions resulted in a disorganization of the nerve roots of these ganglia as they entered the brain stem. These data demonstrate that Krox20 plays an essential role during development of the hindbrain and associated cranial sensory ganglia in mice.

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MeSH Terms
Amino Acid Sequence Animals Animals, Newborn Base Sequence Blastocyst/physiology Blotting, Southern DNA/analysis DNA Primers DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics Early Growth Response Protein 2 Embryo, Mammalian Female Gene Deletion Genes, Lethal Genomic Library Genotype Glossopharyngeal Nerve/abnormalities Homozygote Male Mice Molecular Sequence Data Phenotype Polymerase Chain Reaction Restriction Mapping Rhombencephalon/abnormalities,embryology Transcription Factors/genetics Trigeminal Ganglion/abnormalities Vagus Nerve/abnormalities Zinc Fingers/genetics
Chemicals
DNA Primers DNA-Binding Proteins Early Growth Response Protein 2 Egr2 protein, mouse Transcription Factors DNA
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Swiatek P J
Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, Roche Research Center, Nutley, New Jersey 07110.
Gridley T
Article Info
Journal
Genes & development
Abbr.
Genes Dev
ISSN
0890-9369
Published
1993-11-00
Pages
2071-84
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
8711660
Subset
IM
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