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DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS
Volume 231, Issue 2, Pages 248-257Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20126
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Stat3; pYStat3; central nervous system; eye; development; in ovo electroporation; mouse; chick
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Stat3, a member of the signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) family, plays a central role in mediating cell growth, differentiation, and survival signals. In this report, we show that Stat3 immunoreactivity was localized to specific regions in the developing mouse brain, neural tube, and eye from embryonic day 10.5 to postnatal day 0. The active form of Stat3 protein, which is phosphorylated on tyrosine 705 (pYStat3), was also found in the developing neural tube with more restricted distribution. An in ovo chick embryo electroporation assay showed that the endogenous chick Stat3 could drive consensus sis-inducible element-directed reporter gene expression. These results demonstrate that the active Stat3 protein is present and might play a role during the development of the central nervous system and eye. (C) 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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