Article
Laminin beta1 and gamma1 containing laminins are essential for basement membrane integrity in the zebrafish eye.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Jun 2007
Lee Jiwoon, Gross Jeffrey M
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: In this study recessive zebrafish mutations in the genes encoding laminin beta1 (lamb1) and laminin gamma1 (lamc1) were used to determine the functions of these laminin proteins during ocular basement membrane formation and during zebrafish eye development. METHODS: Ocular defects in lamb1 and lamc1 mutants were characterized by using a combination of histology, immunohistochemistry, in situ...
Topics
- Animals
- Basement Membrane
- Cell Differentiation
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Immunohistochemistry
- In Situ Hybridization
- Laminin
- Lens Capsule, Crystalline
- Microscopy, Electron
- Mutation
- RNA, Messenger
