TABLE 2.
Examples of mRNAs isolated from vertebrate axons
| Age | mRNA | Species | Tissue | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Embryonic | β-Actin | Chick, rat | Sympathetic | (Olink-Coux & neurons, cortex Hollenbeck 1996) |
| Embryonic | ADF | Chick | Sympathetic | (Lee & Hollenbeck neurons 2003) |
| Embryonic | CGRP | Rat | Olfactory bulb | (Denis-Donini et al. 1998) |
| Embryonic | EphB2 | Chick | Retina | (Brittis et al. 2002) |
| Embryonic | MAP Tau | Rat | Cortex | (Litman et al. 1993) |
| Embryonic | N-CAM | Chick | Retina | (Brittis et al. 2002) |
| Embryonic | Vasopressin | Rat | Hypothalamus | (Mohr et al. 1991) |
| Adult | L7 | Mouse | Cerebellum | (Wanner et al. 1997) |
| Adult | Neurofilament-M | Goldfish | Mauthner axon | (Weiner et al. 1996) |
| Adult |
Neurofilament-L, -M,-H |
Rat | Sciatic nerve | (Sotelo-Silveira et al. 2000) |
| Adult |
Olfactory marker
protein |
Rat | Sensory neurons | (Vassar et al. 1994, Wensley et al. 1995) |
| Adult | Oxytocin | Rat | Hypothalamus | (Jirikowski et al. 1990) |
| Adult | Prodynorphin | Rat | Hypothalamus | (Mohr & Richter 1992) |
| Adult | VR1 | Rat | Sensory neurons | (Tohda et al. 2001) |