Project name: Mus musculus

Description: To test the hypothesis that ablation of the SOX2 in the developing optic cup leads to expansion of peripheral optic cup signaling pathways, we screened whole-genome changes in gene expression in Sox2-mutant eyes compared with controls. Results confirm that ciliary epithelial (peripheral) identity is gained at the expense of neural retinal identity in Sox2-ablated optic cups.Overall design: Total RNA was isolated from whole eyes enucleated from six wild-type controls and six Sox2-mutant embryos for a total of twelve eyes per genotype. Each embryo (pair of eyes) was analyzed as a single sample.

Data type: Transcriptome or Gene expression

Sample scope: Multiisolate

Relevance: ModelOrganism

Last updated: 2013-05-09