Project/Area Number |
23570247
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Developmental biology
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Research Institution | Saitama University |
Principal Investigator |
YAMASU Kyo 埼玉大学, 大学院理工学研究科, 教授 (60230439)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KAWAMURA Akinori 埼玉大学, 大学院理工学研究科, 講師 (10466691)
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Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
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Keywords | 脳形成 / 脳部域化 / 遺伝子制御ネットワーク / ゼブラフィッシュ / 発生遺伝学 / 局所オーガナイザー / 転写制御機構 / 神経分化 / 遺伝子ネットワーク / 転写制御 / エンハンサー解析 / 転写調節因子 / GAL4-UAS系 / マイクロアレイ / 遺伝子制御 |
Research Abstract |
We studied the regulatory mechanism of vertebrate brain formation in zebrafish. We revealed the details of the function of two isthmus-forming genes, gbx2 and pou2, suggesting that both are involved in neurogenesis. We also extended the analysis on the transcriptional regulation of an ANB-forming gene, emx3, and two isthmus-forming genes, pax2a and pou2. Meanwhile, it was shown that the development of the neural crest and somite is affected in a novel mutation, kanazutsi, and its causative gene encodes a globin-family protein. In addition, we succeeded in introducing two novel experimental techniques, the GAL4/UAS system and TALEN.
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