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A new method to transfect the hypoblast of the chick embryo reveals conservation of the regulation of an Otx2 enhancer between mouse and chick extraembryonic endoderm

Amanda Albazerchi1,2 email, Olivier Cinquin1,3 email and Claudio D Stern1 email

Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT. UK

Laboratory of Genetics, 425-G Henry Mall, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA

Deparment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA

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BMC Developmental Biology 2007, 7:25doi:10.1186/1471-213X-7-25

Published: 2 April 2007

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Embryo cultured with hypoblast transfected with pCAB-Luc. This movie sequence covers 12 hours of development immediately following transfection, and shows activity of the luciferase reporter and movements of the hypoblast.

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