Molecular characterization of the apical organ in the anthozoan Nematostella vectensis

ABSTRACT: The aim of the experiment was the identification of genes that are expressed in the apical organ of the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis. To achieve this, animals were generated that either lack the apical organ (injected with a morpholino antisense oligonucleotide to block the function of NvFGFa1) or have an expanded apical organ (injected with a morpholino antisense oligonucleotide to block the function of NvFGFa2, see Rentzsch et al., Development, 2008). Eggs from the same batch were injected after fertilization, (MO NvFGFa1 at 0.5uM, MO NvFGFa2 at 0.25uM) and planula larvae with the expected phenotype and without general developmental abnormalities were selected after 72 hours of development at room temperature (22°C), and placed in RNAlater Solution (Ambion) for subsequent extractio

ORGANISM(S): Nematostella vectensis

SUBMITTER: Fabian Rentzsch 

PROVIDER: E-MTAB-3004 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress