Expression Table

Gene Name: pitx2a
Description: DNA binding
Key: I = Interpolated; X = Not Detected; ? = Inconsistent data; ! = Expressed but no region
Table built from ZFIN data (http://zfin.org/zf_info/downloads.html): Tue Dec 4 14:01:03 PST 2007
pitx2aStageHoursZFIN expression rangelateral mesodermlateral plate mesodermRohon-Beard neuronheart primordiumfloor plate diencephalonbraindiencephalonepithalamusheart rudimentpharyngeal epitheliumunspecified
Zygote1-cell0            
Cleavage2-cell0.75            
4-cell1.0            
8-cell1.25            
16-cell1.5            
32-cell1.75            
64-cell2.0            
Blastula124-cell2.25            
256-cell2.5            
512-cell2.75            
1k-cell3.0            
High3.33            
Oblong3.66            
Sphere4.0            
Dome4.33            
30% epiboly4.66            
Gastrula50%-epiboly5.25            
Germ-ring5.66            
Shield6.0            
75% epiboly stage8.0            
90% epiboly9.0I          I
bud stage10.0I          I
Segmentation1-4 somites10.33I          I
5-9 somites11.66I          I
10-13 somites14.0I          I
14-19 somites16.0            
20-25 somites19.0            
26+ somites22.0        I   
PharyngulaPrim-524.0        I  I
Prim-1530.0I       I  I
Prim-2536.0I       I  I
High-pec42.0I       I  I
HatchingLong-pec48.0           I
Pec-fin60.0           I


Literature Evidence



Evidence for InteractionEmbryos injected with pitx2a displayed ectopic activation of pitx2a in both marginal and animal pole cells at 30% epiboly
Target Genepitx2a
Upstream Genepitx2a
Interaction Typeenhance
Altered modeloverexpression
Time of Interaction in evidence4.66
Location of Interaction in evidenceanimal pole cells
Evidence for Direct2
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorH. Joseph Yost
JournalDevelopment
Year2000
Vol127
Start Page1081



Evidence for InteractionEmbryos injected with pitx2a displayed ectopic activation of pitx2a in both marginal and animal pole cells at 30% epiboly
Target Genepitx2a
Upstream Genepitx2a
Interaction Typeenhance
Altered modeloverexpression
Time of Interaction in evidence4.66
Location of Interaction in evidenceanimal pole cells
Evidence for Direct2
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorH. Joseph Yost
JournalDevelopment
Year2000
Vol127
Start Page1081



Evidence for Interactiongsc-injected embryos displayed activation of pitx2a and pitx2c in both marginal and animal pole cells.
Target Genepitx2a
Upstream Genegsc
Interaction Typeenhance
Altered modeloverexpression
Time of Interaction in evidence4.66
Location of Interaction in evidencemargin
Evidence for Direct2
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorH. Joseph Yost
JournalDevelopment
Year2000
Vol127
Start Page1081



Evidence for Interactiongsc-injected embryos displayed activation of pitx2a in both marginal and animal pole cells
Target Genepitx2a
Upstream Genegsc
Interaction Typeenhance
Altered modeloverexpression
Time of Interaction in evidence4.66
Location of Interaction in evidencemargin
Evidence for Direct2
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorH. Joseph Yost
JournalDevelopment
Year2000
Vol127
Start Page1081



Evidence for InteractionEmbryos injected with pitx2a displayed ectopic activation of pitx2a in both marginal and animal pole cells at 30% epiboly
Target Genepitx2a
Upstream Genepitx2a
Interaction Typeenhance
Altered modeloverexpression
Time of Interaction in evidence4.66
Location of Interaction in evidencemargin
Evidence for Direct2
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorH. Joseph Yost
JournalDevelopment
Year2000
Vol127
Start Page1081



Evidence for InteractionEmbryos injected with pitx2a displayed ectopic activation of pitx2a in both marginal and animal pole cells at 30% epiboly
Target Genepitx2a
Upstream Genepitx2a
Interaction Typeenhance
Altered modeloverexpression
Time of Interaction in evidence4.66
Location of Interaction in evidencemargin
Evidence for Direct2
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorH. Joseph Yost
JournalDevelopment
Year2000
Vol127
Start Page1081



Evidence for InteractionMesendoderm expression of pitx2c is dependent on spt, oep, sur and cyc. At 50% epiboly, pitx2 expression was completely absent in oep mutant embryos.At 50% epiboly, pitx2 expression was completely absent in oep mutant embryos, which display strong defects
Target Genepitx2a
Upstream Geneoep
Interaction Typeenhance
Altered modelmutant embryos
Time of Interaction in evidence5.25
Location of Interaction in evidencemesendoderm
Evidence for Direct1
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorH. Joseph Yost
JournalDevelopment
Year2000
Vol127
Start Page1081



Evidence for InteractionAt 50% epiboly, pitx2 expression was completely absent in oep mutant embryos.
Target Genepitx2a
Upstream Geneoep
Interaction Typeenhance
Altered modelmutant embryos
Time of Interaction in evidence5.25
Location of Interaction in evidencemesendoderm
Evidence for Direct1
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorH. Joseph Yost
JournalDevelopment
Year2000
Vol127
Start Page1081



Evidence for InteractionIn embryos injected with pitx2a RNA, the number of gsc expressing cells on the dorsal side was reduced
Target Genegsc
Upstream Genepitx2a
Interaction Typerepress
Altered modeloverexpression
Time of Interaction in evidence5.25
Location of Interaction in evidencedorsal side
Evidence for Direct2
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorH. Joseph Yost
JournalDevelopment
Year2000
Vol127
Start Page1081



Evidence for InteractionEctopic expression of pitx2a downregulated cyc expression in marginal cells (Table 2, Fig. 4B). However, injection of pitx2c RNA upregulated cyc expression in both marginal and animal cap cells
Target Genendr2
Upstream Genepitx2a
Interaction Typerepress
Altered modeloverexpression
Time of Interaction in evidence5.25
Location of Interaction in evidencemargin
Evidence for Direct2
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorH. Joseph Yost
JournalDevelopment
Year2000
Vol127
Start Page1081



Evidence for InteractionEctopic expression of pitx2a downregulated cyc expression in marginal cells.
Target Genendr2
Upstream Genepitx2a
Interaction Typerepress
Altered modeloverexpression
Time of Interaction in evidence5.25
Location of Interaction in evidencemargin
Evidence for Direct2
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorH. Joseph Yost
JournalDevelopment
Year2000
Vol127
Start Page1081



Evidence for InteractionIn spt mutant embryos at 50% epiboly, pitx2 expression was absent from superficial dorsal cells but still expressed in non-dorsal marginal cells
Target Genepitx2a
Upstream Genetbx16
Interaction Typeenhance
Altered modelmutant embryos
Time of Interaction in evidence5.25
Location of Interaction in evidencemargin
Evidence for Direct1
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorH. Joseph Yost
JournalDevelopment
Year2000
Vol127
Start Page1081



Evidence for InteractionIn tbx16 mutant embryos at 50% epiboly, pitx2a expression was absent from superficial dorsal cells but still expressed in non-dorsal marginal cells.
Target Genepitx2a
Upstream Genetbx16
Interaction Typeenhance
Altered modelmutant embryos
Time of Interaction in evidence5.25
Location of Interaction in evidencemargin
Evidence for Direct1
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorH. Joseph Yost
JournalDevelopment
Year2000
Vol127
Start Page1081



Evidence for InteractionIn pitx2a- or pitx2cinjected embryos, which displayed slowed epiboly, ntl expression was severely reduced in the notochord domain compared to uninjected embryos at 80-90% epiboly
Target GeneNtl
Upstream Genepitx2a
Interaction Typerepress
Altered modeloverexpression
Time of Interaction in evidence8
Location of Interaction in evidencenotochord domain
Evidence for Direct2
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorH. Joseph Yost
JournalDevelopment
Year2000
Vol127
Start Page1081



Evidence for InteractionIn sur mutant embryos, which display posterior cyclopia similar to igu mutant embryos, pitx2 expression was absent except for a small domain in the polster
Target Genepitx2a
Upstream Genefoxh1
Interaction Typeenhance
Altered modelmutant embryos
Time of Interaction in evidence8
Location of Interaction in evidencemargin
Evidence for Direct1
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorH. Joseph Yost
JournalDevelopment
Year2000
Vol127
Start Page1081



Evidence for InteractionIn embryos injected with pitx2a or pitx2c RNA, the number of gsc expressing cells on the dorsal side was reduced
Target Genegsc
Upstream Genepitx2a
Interaction Typerepress
Altered modeloverexpression
Time of Interaction in evidence8
Location of Interaction in evidencemesoderm
Evidence for Direct2
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorH. Joseph Yost
JournalDevelopment
Year2000
Vol127
Start Page1081



Evidence for InteractionIn pitx2a-injected embryos, which displayed slowed epiboly, ntl expression was severely reduced in the notochord domain compared to uninjected embryos at 80-90% epiboly
Target GeneNtl
Upstream Genepitx2a
Interaction Typerepress
Altered modeloverexpression
Time of Interaction in evidence9
Location of Interaction in evidencenotochord domain
Evidence for Direct2
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorH. Joseph Yost
JournalDevelopment
Year2000
Vol127
Start Page1081



Evidence for InteractionIn pitx2a-injected embryos, lft2 expression was shortened along the anteroposterior axis and was not observed in cells at the margin.
Target Genelft2
Upstream Genepitx2a
Interaction Typerepress
Altered modeloverexpression
Time of Interaction in evidence5.25
Location of Interaction in evidenceblastoderm
Evidence for Direct2
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorH. Joseph Yost
JournalDevelopment
Year2000
Vol127
Start Page1081



Evidence for InteractionIn pitx2a-injected embryos, lft2 expression was shortened along the anteroposterior axis and was not observed in cells at the margin.
Target Genelft2
Upstream Genepitx2a
Interaction Typerepress
Altered modeloverexpression
Time of Interaction in evidence5.25
Location of Interaction in evidencemargin
Evidence for Direct2
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorH. Joseph Yost
JournalDevelopment
Year2000
Vol127
Start Page1081



Evidence for InteractionIn pitx2a-injected embryos, lft2 expression was shortened along the anteroposterior axis and was not observed in cells at the margin.
Target Genelft2
Upstream Genepitx2a
Interaction Typerepress
Altered modeloverexpression
Time of Interaction in evidence9
Location of Interaction in evidenceblastoderm
Evidence for Direct2
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorH. Joseph Yost
JournalDevelopment
Year2000
Vol127
Start Page1081



Evidence for InteractionIn sur mutant embryos, which display posterior cyclopia similar to igu mutant embryos, pitx2 expression was absent except for a small domain in the polster
Target Genepitx2a
Upstream Genefoxh1
Interaction Typeenhance
Altered modelmutant embryos
Time of Interaction in evidence9
Location of Interaction in evidencemargin
Evidence for Direct1
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorH. Joseph Yost
JournalDevelopment
Year2000
Vol127
Start Page1081



Evidence for InteractionIn pitx2a-injected embryos, lft2 expression was shortened along the anteroposterior axis and was not observed in cells at the margin.
Target Genelft2
Upstream Genepitx2a
Interaction Typerepress
Altered modeloverexpression
Time of Interaction in evidence9
Location of Interaction in evidencemargin
Evidence for Direct2
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorH. Joseph Yost
JournalDevelopment
Year2000
Vol127
Start Page1081



Evidence for Interaction27 genes that are expressed in the dorsal margin in wild type, but lack margin expression in MZoep mutants.
Target Genepitx2a
Upstream Geneoep
Interaction Typeenhance
Altered modelmutant embryos
Time of Interaction in evidence5.25
Location of Interaction in evidencemargin
Evidence for Direct1
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorSchier, A. F.
JournalDev Biol
Year2007
Vol304
Start Page525