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Genetic analysis of fin development in zebrafish identifies furin and hemicentin1 as potential novel fraser syndrome disease genes.
PLoS genetics - 15 Apr 2010
Carney Thomas J, Feitosa Natália Martins, Sonntag Carmen, Slanchev Krasimir, Kluger Johannes, Kiyozumi Daiji, Gebauer Jan M, Coffin Talbot Jared, Kimmel Charles B, Sekiguchi Kiyotoshi, Wagener Raimund, Schwarz Heinz, Ingham Phillip W, Hammerschmidt Matthias
Abstract excerpt
Using forward genetics, we have identified the genes mutated in two classes of zebrafish fin mutants. The mutants of the first class are characterized by defects in embryonic fin morphogenesis, which are due to mutations in a Laminin subunit or an Integrin alpha receptor, respectively. The mutants of the second class display characteristic blistering underneath the basement membrane of the fin epidermis. Three of...
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