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Talin1 is required for cardiac Z-disk stabilization and endothelial integrity in zebrafish.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 1 Dec 2015
Wu Qing, Zhang Jiaojiao, Koh Wonshill, Yu Qingming, Zhu Xiaojun, Amsterdam Adam, Davis George E, Arnaout M Amin, Xiong Jing-Wei
Abstract excerpt
Talin (tln) binds and activates integrins to couple extracellular matrix-bound integrins to the cytoskeleton; however, its role in heart development is not well characterized. We identified the defective gene and the resulting cardiovascular phenotypes in zebrafish tln1(fl02k) mutants. The ethylnitrosourea-induced fl02k mutant showed heart failure, brain hemorrhage, and diminished cardiac and vessel lumens at 52...
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