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Cloche is a bHLH-PAS transcription factor that drives haemato-vascular specification.
Nature - 14 Jul 2016
Reischauer Sven, Stone Oliver A, Villasenor Alethia, Chi Neil, Jin Suk-Won, Martin Marcel, Lee Miler T, Fukuda Nana, Marass Michele, Witty Alec, Fiddes Ian, Kuo Taiyi, Chung Won-Suk, Salek Sherveen, Lerrigo Robert, Alsiö Jessica, Luo Shujun, Tworus Dominika, Augustine Sruthy M, Mucenieks Sophie, Nystedt Björn, Giraldez Antonio J, Schroth Gary P, Andersson Olov, Stainier Didier Y R
Abstract excerpt
Vascular and haematopoietic cells organize into specialized tissues during early embryogenesis to supply essential nutrients to all organs and thus play critical roles in development and disease. At the top of the haemato-vascular specification cascade lies cloche, a gene that when mutated in zebrafish leads to the striking phenotype of loss of most endothelial and haematopoietic cells and a significant increase...
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