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Zebrafish prox1b mutants develop a lymphatic vasculature, and prox1b does not specifically mark lymphatic endothelial cells.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Tao Shijie, Witte Merlijn, Bryson-Richardson Robert J, Currie Peter D, Hogan Benjamin M, Schulte-Merker Stefan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The expression of the Prospero homeodomain transcription factor (Prox1) in a subset of cardinal venous cells specifies the lymphatic lineage in mice. Prox1 is also indispensible for the maintenance of lymphatic cell fate, and is therefore considered a master control gene for lymphangiogenesis in mammals. In zebrafish, there are two prox1 paralogues, the previously described prox1 (also known as...
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