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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-9-25
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
In Drosophila, the visceral mesoderm giving rise to gut musculature is specified by the bagpipe homeobox gene. We have isolated, from both mouse and human, homologues of the bagpipe gene designated Bapx1 and BAPX1, respectively. Bapx1 encodes a predicted protein of 333 amino acids, and has significant regions of homology outside the homeodomain with members of the NK homeobox gene superfamily. Bapx1 maps to the proximal end of chromosome 5 in mouse, near the Msx1 gene. The syntenic region in human corresponds to a chromosomal region containing loci for several skeletal disorders. Bapx1 is first detectable in embryos just prior to axis rotation in lateral plate mesoderm (splanchnic mesoderm) adjacent to the endodermal lining of the prospective gut, and in the most newly formed somites in the region corresponding to the presclerotome, the precursor of the vertebrae. Thus, Bapx1 is one of the earliest developmental markers for the sclerotome portion of the somite and the gut mesentery. Bapx1 continues to be expressed well into organogenesis in lateral plate mesoderm surrounding the mid- and hindgut, and in essentially all cartilaginous condensations which will subsequently undergo endochondral bone formation. The expression pattern of Bapx1 in murine embryos suggests that there are evolutionary conserved mechanisms of visceral mesoderm development across the animal kingdom, and that the mammalian Bapx1 gene may have recently acquired an additional developmental role in skeletal patterning.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0925-4773
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
65
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
145-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-10-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9256352-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9256352-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9256352-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9256352-Conserved Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9256352-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:9256352-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9256352-Embryonic and Fetal Development, pubmed-meshheading:9256352-Evolution, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:9256352-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9256352-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:9256352-Genes, Homeobox, pubmed-meshheading:9256352-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9256352-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9256352-Mesoderm, pubmed-meshheading:9256352-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9256352-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9256352-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:9256352-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:9256352-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:9256352-Skeleton, pubmed-meshheading:9256352-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Bapx1: an evolutionary conserved homologue of the Drosophila bagpipe homeobox gene is expressed in splanchnic mesoderm and the embryonic skeleton.
pubmed:affiliation
Brookdale Center for Developmental and Molecular Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.