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The mitochondrial import gene tomm22 is specifically required for hepatocyte survival and provides a liver regeneration model.
Disease models & mechanisms - 1 Jan 2000
Curado Silvia, Ober Elke A, Walsh Susan, Cortes-Hernandez Paulina, Verkade Heather, Koehler Carla M, Stainier Didier Y R
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Understanding liver development should lead to greater insights into liver diseases and improve therapeutic strategies. In a forward genetic screen for genes regulating liver development in zebrafish, we identified a mutant--oliver--that exhibits liver-specific defects. In oliver mutants, the liver is specified, bile ducts form and hepatocytes differentiate. However, the hepatocytes die shortly after their...
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