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Lens extrusion from Laminin alpha 1 mutant zebrafish.
TheScientificWorldJournal - 1 Jan 2014
Pathania Mallika, Semina Elena V, Duncan Melinda K
Abstract excerpt
We report analysis of the ocular lens phenotype of the recessive, larval lethal zebrafish mutant, lama1 (a69/a69). Previous work revealed that this mutant has a shortened body axis and eye defects including a defective hyaloid vasculature, focal corneal dysplasia, and loss of the crystalline lens. While these studies highlight the importance of laminin α1 in lens development, a detailed analysis of the lens...
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