Expression Table

Gene Name: bhik (bhikhari , also known as cb160, bik )
Description: molecular function unknown
Key: I = Interpolated; X = Not Detected; ? = Inconsistent data; ! = Expressed but no region
Table built from ZFIN data (http://zfin.org/zf_info/downloads.html): Tue Dec 4 14:01:03 PST 2007
bhikStageHoursZFIN expression rangeaxisanterior axial hypoblastaxial chorda mesodermpresumptive segmental platemesodermventral mesodermpolstersegmental platetail budlateral plate mesodermsomitewhole organismunspecified
Zygote1-cell0              
Cleavage2-cell0.75I            I
4-cell1.0I            I
8-cell1.25I            I
16-cell1.5I            I
32-cell1.75I            I
64-cell2.0I            I
Blastula124-cell2.25I            I
256-cell2.5              
512-cell2.75I            I
1k-cell3.0              
High3.33              
Oblong3.66I            I
Sphere4.0              
Dome4.33I            I
30% epiboly4.66              
Gastrula50%-epiboly5.25  !!!!!       
Germ-ring5.66  !!!!!      I
Shield6.0  !!!!!      I
75% epiboly stage8.0              
90% epiboly9.0              
bud stage10.0              
Segmentation1-4 somites10.33             I
5-9 somites11.66              
10-13 somites14.0 !            
14-19 somites16.0              
20-25 somites19.0              
26+ somites22.0              
PharyngulaPrim-524.0              
Prim-1530.0              
Prim-2536.0              
High-pec42.0             I
HatchingLong-pec48.0             I
Pec-fin60.0I            I


Literature Evidence



Evidence for Interactionbik is induced in bon and MZsur;bon and MZsur;bon/+ but not in foxh1 mutant embryos.
Target Genebhik
Upstream Genefoxh1
Interaction Typeenhance
Altered modelmutant embryos
Time of Interaction in evidence5.25
Location of Interaction in evidencemesendoderm
Evidence for Direct1
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorSchier, A. F.
JournalDevelopment
Year2003
Vol130
Start Page5589



Evidence for Interactionbik is not in MZsur mutant (foxh1) embryos.
Target Genebhik
Upstream Genefoxh1
Interaction Typeenhance
Altered modelmutant embryos
Time of Interaction in evidence5.66
Location of Interaction in evidenceaxis
Evidence for Direct1
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorSchier, A. F.
JournalDevelopment
Year2003
Vol130
Start Page5589



Evidence for Interaction27 genes that are expressed in the dorsal margin in wild type, but lack margin expression in MZoep mutants.
Target Genebhik
Upstream Geneoep
Interaction Typeenhance
Altered modelmutant embryos
Time of Interaction in evidence5.25
Location of Interaction in evidenceblastomere
Evidence for Direct3
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorSchier, A. F.
JournalDev Biol
Year2007
Vol304
Start Page525