Article
Interplay between Foxd3 and Mitf regulates cell fate plasticity in the zebrafish neural crest.
Developmental biology - 1 Aug 2010
Curran Kevin, Lister James A, Kunkel Gary R, Prendergast Andrew, Parichy David M, Raible David W
Abstract excerpt
Pigment cells of the zebrafish, Danio rerio, offer an exceptionally tractable system for studying the genetic and cellular bases of cell fate decisions. In the zebrafish, neural crest cells generate three types of pigment cells during embryogenesis: yellow xanthophores, iridescent iridophores and black melanophores. In this study, we present evidence for a model whereby melanophores and iridophores descend from a...
Topics
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Cell Lineage
- Forkhead Transcription Factors
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Melanocytes
- Microphthalmia-Associated Transcription Factor
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Models, Biological
- Models, Genetic
