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Maternal and zygotic aldh1a2 activity is required for pancreas development in zebrafish.
PloS one - 11 Dec 2009
Alexa Kristen, Choe Seong-Kyu, Hirsch Nicolas, Etheridge Letitiah, Laver Elizabeth, Sagerström Charles G
Abstract excerpt
We have isolated and characterized a novel zebrafish pancreas mutant. Mutant embryos lack expression of isl1 and sst in the endocrine pancreas, but retain isl1 expression in the CNS. Non-endocrine endodermal gene expression is less affected in the mutant, with varying degrees of residual expression observed for pdx1, carbA, hhex, prox1, sid4, transferrin and ifabp. In addition, mutant embryos display a swollen...
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