Expression Table

Gene Name: hnf1b (HNF1 homeobox b, also known as tcf2, vhnf1, chunp6877, transcription factor 2, mst)
Description: transcription factor activity
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
hnf1bStageHoursZFIN expression rangepresumptive brainpresumptive spinal cordneural platehindbrain neural platespinal cord neural platepresumptive rhombomere 5presumptive rhombomere 6presumptive rhombomere 7neural rodpancreas primordiumpronephrosgutpancreatic B cellunspecified
Zygote1-cell0               
Cleavage2-cell0.75               
4-cell1.0I             I
8-cell1.25I             I
16-cell1.5I             I
32-cell1.75I             I
64-cell2.0I             I
Blastula124-cell2.25               
256-cell2.5I             I
512-cell2.75I             I
1k-cell3.0               
High3.33I             I
Oblong3.66I             I
Sphere4.0I             I
Dome4.33I             I
30% epiboly4.66I             I
Gastrula50%-epiboly5.25               
Germ-ring5.66I             I
Shield6.0I             I
75% epiboly stage8.0               
90% epiboly9.0               
bud stage10.0               
Segmentation1-4 somites10.33               
5-9 somites11.66               
10-13 somites14.0               
14-19 somites16.0              I
20-25 somites19.0          I    
26+ somites22.0I         I   I
PharyngulaPrim-524.0               
Prim-1530.0            I  
Prim-2536.0            I  
High-pec42.0I           I I
HatchingLong-pec48.0            I  
Pec-fin60.0            I  


Literature Evidence



Evidence for Interactionin alk8 (a type I TGFbeta receptor) MO-injected embryos, vhnf1 expression in the endoderm is significantly reduced.
Target Genehnf1b
Upstream Genealk8
Interaction Typeenhance
Altered modelMASO
Time of Interaction in evidence4.66
Location of Interaction in evidenceventral mesoderm
Evidence for Direct2
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorLin, S.
JournalDev Biol
Year2007
Vol303
Start Page561



Evidence for Interactionvhnf1 acts downstream of the signaling pathways of RA, Bmp, and Fgf to regulate pancreas development in zebrafish.
Target Genehnf1b
Upstream Genealk8
Interaction Typeenhance
Altered modelMASO
Time of Interaction in evidence4.66
Location of Interaction in evidenceventral mesoderm
Evidence for Direct2
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorLin, S.
JournalDev Biol
Year2007
Vol303
Start Page561



Evidence for InteractionThe presumptive spinal cord marker hnf1b is lost in the dominant negative RNA of fzd8c injected embryo.
Target Genehnf1b
Upstream Genefzd8c
Interaction Typeenhance
Altered modeldominant negative
Time of Interaction in evidence8
Location of Interaction in evidencepresumptive brain
Evidence for Direct2
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorMakoto Furutani-Seiki
JournalMechanisms of Development
Year2003
Vol120
Start Page477



Evidence for InteractionBoth the presumptive hindbrain and spinal cord marker hoxa1 and the presumptive spinal cord marker vHNF1 are also strongly reduced or lost.
Target Genehnf1b
Upstream Genefzd8c
Interaction Typeenhance
Altered modeldominant negative
Time of Interaction in evidence8
Location of Interaction in evidencepresumptive brain
Evidence for Direct2
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorMakoto Furutani-Seiki
JournalMechanisms of Development
Year2003
Vol120
Start Page477



Evidence for Interactionhnf1b acts downstream of the signaling pathways of RA, Bmp, and Fgf to regulate pancreas development in zebrafish.
Target Genehnf1b
Upstream Genealk8
Interaction Typeenhance
Altered modelMASO
Time of Interaction in evidence24
Location of Interaction in evidencegut
Evidence for Direct3
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorLin, S.
JournalDev Biol
Year2007
Vol303
Start Page561



Evidence for InteractionCyp26 enzymes generate the retinoic acid response pattern necessary for hindbrain development. Hnf1b is expressed in the posterior hindbrain up to the r5-r6 boundary (arrowheads) and is shifted anteriorly in Cyp26-depleted embryos.
Target Genehnf1b
Upstream Genecyp26c1
Interaction Typeenhance
Altered modelmutant embryos
Time of Interaction in evidence24
Location of Interaction in evidencehindbrain
Evidence for Direct1
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorMoens, C.B.
JournalDevelopment
Year2007
Vol134(1)
Start Page177



Evidence for Interactionhnf1b acts downstream of the signaling pathways of RA, Bmp, and Fgf to regulate pancreas development in zebrafish.
Target Genehnf1b
Upstream Genealk8
Interaction Typeenhance
Altered modelMASO
Time of Interaction in evidence24
Location of Interaction in evidencepronephros
Evidence for Direct3
Binding Site Sequence 
Location of Site 
Last AuthorLin, S.
JournalDev Biol
Year2007
Vol303
Start Page561