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Two Different Functions of Connexin43 Confer Two Different Bone Phenotypes in Zebrafish.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 10 Jun 2016
Misu Akihiro, Yamanaka Hiroaki, Aramaki Toshihiro, Kondo Shigeru, Skerrett I Martha, Iovine M Kathryn, Watanabe Masakatsu
Abstract excerpt
Fish remain nearly the same shape as they grow, but there are two different modes of bone growth. Bones in the tail fin (fin ray segments) are added distally at the tips of the fins and do not elongate once produced. On the other hand, vertebrae enlarge in proportion to body growth. To elucidate how bone growth is controlled, we investigated a zebrafish mutant, steopsel (stp(tl28d)). Vertebrae of stp(tl28d) (/+)...
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