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Suppression of Rap1 impairs cardiac myofibrils and conduction system in zebrafish.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Dong Wei, Yang Zhenglin, Yang Fan, Wang Jialiang, Zhuang Yan, Xu Chongren, Zhang Bo, Tian Xiao-Li, Liu Dong
Abstract excerpt
Numerous studies have revealed that Rap1 (Ras-proximate-1 or Ras-related protein 1), a small GTPase protein, plays a crucial role in mediating cAMP signaling in isolated cardiac tissues and cell lines. However, the involvement of Rap1 in the cardiac development in vivo is largely unknown. By injecting anti-sense morpholino oligonucleotides to knock down Rap1a and Rap1b in zebrafish embryos, and in combination...
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