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ArticleNature communications2015

An orphan gene is necessary for preaxial digit formation during salamander limb development.

Anoop Kumar, Phillip B Gates, Anna Czarkwiani, Jeremy P Brockes

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Article in Nature communications, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Orphan geneHorticulture research · 2024
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  3. Role of Brassica orphan gene BrLFM on leafy head formation in Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa).TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2023
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  6. The salamander blastema within the broader context of metazoan regeneration.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023
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  12. Towards comparative analyses of salamander limb regeneration.Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Anoop KumarInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Phillip B GatesInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Anna CzarkwianiDepartment of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Jeremy P BrockesInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.

Funding

Medical Research Council G0701297Medical Research Council G1000870
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Limb development in salamanders differs from other tetrapods in that the first digits to form are the two most anterior (preaxial dominance). This has been proposed as a salamander novelty and its mechanistic basis is unknown. Salamanders are the only adult tetrapods able to regenerate the limb, and the contribution of preaxial dominance to limb regeneration is unclear. Here we show that during early outgrowth of the limb bud, a small cohort of cells express the orphan gene Prod1 together with Bmp2, a critical player in digit condensation in amniotes. Disruption of Prod1 with a gene-editing nuclease abrogates these cells, and blocks formation of the radius and ulna, and outgrowth of the anterior digits. Preaxial dominance is a notable feature of limb regeneration in the larval newt, but this changes abruptly after metamorphosis so that the formation of anterior and posterior digits occurs together within the autopodium resembling an amniote-like pattern.

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Amphibian ProteinsAnimalsCaudataExtremitiesFemaleLarvaMaleOrganogenesisOrphan Nuclear ReceptorsRegenerationAmphibian ProteinsOrphan Nuclear Receptors

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PMID26498026
PMCPMC4918474

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