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Sec13 safeguards the integrity of the endoplasmic reticulum and organogenesis of the digestive system in zebrafish.
Developmental biology - 15 Jul 2012
Niu Xubo, Gao Chuan, Jan Lo Li, Luo Yue, Meng Chunmei, Hong Jian, Hong Wanjin, Peng Jinrong
Abstract excerpt
The Sec13-Sec31 heterotetramer serves as the outer coat in the COPII complex, which mediates protein trafficking from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to the Golgi apparatus. Although it has been studied in depth in yeast and cultured cells, the role of COPII in organogenesis in a multicellular organism has not. We report here that a zebrafish sec13(sq198) mutant, which exhibits a phenotype of hypoplastic digestive...
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