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Craniofacial skeletal defects of adult zebrafish Glypican 4 (knypek) mutants.
Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists - 1 Oct 2009
LeClair Elizabeth E, Mui Stephanie R, Huang Angela, Topczewska Jolanta M, Topczewski Jacek
Abstract excerpt
The heparan sulfate proteoglycan Glypican 4 (Gpc4) is part of the Wnt/planar cell polarity pathway, which is required for convergence and extension during zebrafish gastrulation. To observe Glypican 4-deficient phenotypes at later stages, we rescued gpc4(-/-) (knypek) homozygotes and raised them for more than one year. Adult mutants showed diverse cranial malformations of both dermal and endochondral bones,...
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