Mouse probe id's that are differentially expressed at these different steps were annotated with mouse gene names (Affymetrix mouse genome 430 2.0 Annotations, release 20).
Literature searches were performed using PubMed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/) by querying mouse gene names and identifiers.
In order to identify each gene in the database, we used both mouse gene name and Entrez gene ID in the 'protein-mode' application.
Provisional human or mouse gene names, e.g., KIAA# or C orf, should not be used as the basis for a gene name in Anolis species.
Whenever possible, the human or mouse gene name should be used, but omitting references to homology or disease descriptions, e.g., "delta-like 1", not "delta-like 1 (Drosophila)".
That is, the same gene name can indicate different concept identifiers depending on its associated organism information (e.g., erbb2 can be either a human gene or mouse gene name).
Mouse genes names were then mapped to chimpanzee and human array gene names (Affymetrix HG-U133 Plus2 Annotations, release 30).
The protein product of the human OA1 and mouse Oa1 genes, named OA1 (also known as GPR143), is an integral membrane glycoprotein that is exclusively expressed by melanocytes and RPE (19, 20) and shares structural and functional similarities with G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs).
Moreover, I found that mouse OR genes named S6 (MmOR7.5.3) and S50 (MmOR7.5.2) in Malnic et al. (1999) belong to group β, and they were reported to respond to nonanedioic acid (azelaic acid), which is a dicarboxylic acid and is soluble in water.
In the mouse, a Prion-like downstream gene named doppel (Dpl) was found to have an intergenic transcript that is upregulated in Prion-deficient mice [ 34].
