The endoderm is one of the three embryonic germ layers that gives rise to inner organs like lung, liver and pancreas. BAC recombineering was used to generate transgenic embryonic stem cells and mouse lines containing fluorescent reporters under the control of important endodermal genes like Foxa2, Sox17, Hhex, Nkx2.1 and Pdx1. This allowed the analysis of the specific expression patterns of those genes during endoderm and organ formation. In particular, the analysis of the Hhex reporter expression showed new insights during endoderm development and organogenesis. Moreover, the use of whole mount antibody stainings showed the contemporaneous downregulation of BMP-signalling during these events. Therefore, this analysis offered useful new tools for the study of early endodermal developmental events.
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The endoderm is one of the three embryonic germ layers that gives rise to inner organs like lung, liver and pancreas. BAC recombineering was used to generate transgenic embryonic stem cells and mouse lines containing fluorescent reporters under the control of important endodermal genes like Foxa2, Sox17, Hhex, Nkx2.1 and Pdx1. This allowed the analysis of the specific expression patterns of those genes during endoderm and organ formation. In particular, the analysis of the Hhex reporter expressi...
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