transparent, a gene affecting stripe formation in Zebrafish, encodes the mitochondrial protein Mpv17 that is required for iridophore survival

transparent, a gene affecting stripe formation in Zebrafish, encodes the mitochondrial protein Mpv17 that is required for iridophore survival

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Summary In the skin of adult zebrafish, three pigment cell types arrange into alternating horizontal stripes, melanophores in dark stripes, xanthophores in light interstripes and iridophores in both stripes and interstripes. The analysis of mutants and regeneration studies revealed that this pattern...

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Main Authors: Jana Krauss, Pantilis Astrinides, Hans Georg Frohnhöfer, Brigitte Walderich, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists 2013-06-01
Series:Biology Open
Subjects:
Mpv17
Mitochondria
Chimeras
Iridophore
Online Access:http://bio.biologists.org/content/2/7/703

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