Mutations affecting development of the notochord in zebrafish.
Mutations affecting development of the notochord in zebrafish.
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DOI:
10.5167/uzh-238
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发表时间:
1996-12
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影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
D. Stemple;L. Solnica-Krezel;F. Zwartkruis;S. Neuhauss;A. Schier;J. Malicki;D. Stainier;S. Abdelilah;Z. Rangini;E. Mountcastle-Shah;W. Driever
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作者:
D. Stemple;L. Solnica-Krezel;F. Zwartkruis;S. Neuhauss;A. Schier;J. Malicki;D. Stainier;S. Abdelilah;Z. Rangini;E. Mountcastle-Shah;W. Driever
The notochord is critical for the normal development of vertebrate embryos. It serves both as the major skeletal element of the embryo and as a signaling source for the establishment of pattern within the neurectoderm, the paraxial mesoderm and other tissues. In a large-scale systematic screen of mutations affecting embryogenesis in zebrafish we identified 65 mutations that fall into 29 complementation groups, each leading to a defect in the formation and/or maintenance of the notochord. These mutations produce phenotypic abnormalities at numerous stages of notochord development, thereby establishing a phenotypic pathway, which in turn suggests a genetic pathway for the development of the notochord. Perturbations within adjacent tissues in mutant embryos further indicate the importance of notochord-derived signals for patterning within the embryo and suggest that these mutations will yield additional insight into the cues that regulate these patterning processes.