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The sphingolipid transporter spns2 functions in migration of zebrafish myocardial precursors.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 23 Jan 2009
Kawahara Atsuo, Nishi Tsuyoshi, Hisano Yu, Fukui Hajime, Yamaguchi Akihito, Mochizuki Naoki
Abstract excerpt
Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) is a secreted lipid mediator that functions in vascular development; however, it remains unclear how S1P secretion is regulated during embryogenesis. We identified a zebrafish mutant, ko157, that displays cardia bifida (two hearts) resembling that in the S1P receptor-2 mutant. A migration defect of myocardial precursors in the ko157 mutant is due to a mutation in a multipass...
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