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Hou D, Qin P, Niu X, Li T, Chen B, Wei C, Jing Z, Han R, Li H, Liu X, Tian Y, Li D, Li Z, Cai H, Kang X. Genome-wide identification evolution and expression of vestigial-like gene family in chicken. Anim Biotechnol 2022; 33:1602-1612. [PMID: 34032551 DOI: 10.1080/10495398.2021.1920425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
Vestigial-like (Vgll) genes are widespread in vertebrates and play an important role in muscle development. In this study, we used bioinformatics methods to systematically identify the chicken VGLL family in the whole genome and investigated its evolutionary history and gene structure features. Tissue expression spectra combined with real-time PCR data were used to analyze the organizational expression pattern of the genes. Based on the maximum likelihood method, a phylogenetic tree of the VGLL family was constructed, and 94 VGLL genes were identified in 24 breeds, among which four VGLL family genes were identified in the chicken genome. Ten motifs were detected in the VGLL genes, and the analysis of introns combined with gene structure revealed that the family was conserved during evolution. Tissue expression analysis suggested that the expression profiles of the VGLL family genes in 16 tissues differed between LU Shi and AA broilers. In addition, a single gene (VGLL2) showed increased expression in chickens at embryonic days 10-16 and was involved in the growth and development of skeletal muscle in chickens in the embryonic stage. In summary, VGLL genes are involved in chicken muscle growth and development, which provides useful information for subsequent functional studies of VGLL genes.
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- Dan Hou
- Henan Innovative Engineering Research Center of Poultry Germplasm Resource, College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Henan Innovative Engineering Research Center of Poultry Germplasm Resource, College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Henan Innovative Engineering Research Center of Poultry Germplasm Resource, College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Henan Innovative Engineering Research Center of Poultry Germplasm Resource, College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Henan Innovative Engineering Research Center of Poultry Germplasm Resource, College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Henan Innovative Engineering Research Center of Poultry Germplasm Resource, College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Henan Innovative Engineering Research Center of Poultry Germplasm Resource, College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Henan Innovative Engineering Research Center of Poultry Germplasm Resource, College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Henan Innovative Engineering Research Center of Poultry Germplasm Resource, College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Henan Innovative Engineering Research Center of Poultry Germplasm Resource, College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Henan Innovative Engineering Research Center of Poultry Germplasm Resource, College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Henan Innovative Engineering Research Center of Poultry Germplasm Resource, College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Henan Innovative Engineering Research Center of Poultry Germplasm Resource, College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Henan Innovative Engineering Research Center of Poultry Germplasm Resource, College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Henan Innovative Engineering Research Center of Poultry Germplasm Resource, College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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Deng X, Fang L. VGLL4 is a transcriptional cofactor acting as a novel tumor suppressor via interacting with TEADs. Am J Cancer Res 2018; 8:932-943. [PMID: 30034932 PMCID: PMC6048398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2018] [Accepted: 05/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023] Open
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Vestigial Like Family Member 4 (VGLL4) is a transcriptional cofactor of VGLL family, which includes VGLL1-4. Unlike other members of VGLL family, VGLL4 was described as a novel tumor suppressor containing two TDU motifs. VGLL4 executes its biological function through two TDU domains via interacting with TEA domain (TEAD) transcription factors. Lower expression of VGLL4 usually indicates poor survival in many cancers, such as lung cancer, gastric cancer, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, bladder cancer, pancreatic adenocarcinoma and esophageal squamous cancer. In cancer cells, the expression of VGLL4 is lower than that of normal tissues, moreover, expression level of VGLL4 is positively related to survival rate. VGLL4 is found to play an important role in several signal pathways, mainly acts as a tumor suppressor interacting with TEADs. In Hippo signaling pathway, VGLL4 competes with YAP in binding to TEADs and inhibits the downstream of YAP. In Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, VGLL4 negatively regulates Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway via inhibiting β-catenin and TCF (T-cell factor). VGLL4 can also suppress epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and contribute to apoptosis signaling pathway.
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- Xiaochong Deng
- Department of Thyroid and Breast, Division of General Surgery, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University Shanghai 200072, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Thyroid and Breast, Division of General Surgery, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University Shanghai 200072, People's Republic of China
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Pimmett VL, Deng H, Haskins JA, Mercier RJ, LaPointe P, Simmonds AJ. The activity of the Drosophila Vestigial protein is modified by Scalloped-dependent phosphorylation. Dev Biol 2017; 425:58-69. [PMID: 28322734 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2017.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2016] [Revised: 02/01/2017] [Accepted: 03/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The Drosophila vestigial gene is required for proliferation and differentiation of the adult wing and for differentiation of larval and adult muscle identity. Vestigial is part of a multi-protein transcription factor complex, which includes Scalloped, a TEAD-class DNA binding protein. Binding Scalloped is necessary for translocation of Vestigial into the nucleus. We show that Vestigial is extensively post-translationally modified and at least one of these modifications is required for proper function during development. We have shown that there is p38-dependent phosphorylation of Serine 215 in the carboxyl-terminal region of Vestigial. Phosphorylation of Serine 215 occurs in the nucleus and requires the presence of Scalloped. Comparison of a phosphomimetic and non-phosphorylatable mutant forms of Vestigial shows differences in the ability to rescue the wing and muscle phenotypes associated with a null vestigial allele.
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- Virginia L Pimmett
- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G2H7
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G2H7; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Dept. of Physiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G2H7
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G2H7
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G2H7
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G2H7
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From vestigial to vestigial-like: the Drosophila gene that has taken wing. Dev Genes Evol 2016; 226:297-315. [DOI: 10.1007/s00427-016-0546-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2016] [Accepted: 04/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Miesfeld JB, Gestri G, Clark BS, Flinn MA, Poole RJ, Bader JR, Besharse JC, Wilson SW, Link BA. Yap and Taz regulate retinal pigment epithelial cell fate. Development 2015; 142:3021-32. [PMID: 26209646 PMCID: PMC4582179 DOI: 10.1242/dev.119008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2014] [Accepted: 07/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The optic vesicle comprises a pool of bi-potential progenitor cells from which the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and neural retina fates segregate during ocular morphogenesis. Several transcription factors and signaling pathways have been shown to be important for RPE maintenance and differentiation, but an understanding of the initial fate specification and determination of this ocular cell type is lacking. We show that Yap/Taz-Tead activity is necessary and sufficient for optic vesicle progenitors to adopt RPE identity in zebrafish. A Tead-responsive transgene is expressed within the domain of the optic cup from which RPE arises, and Yap immunoreactivity localizes to the nuclei of prospective RPE cells. yap (yap1) mutants lack a subset of RPE cells and/or exhibit coloboma. Loss of RPE in yap mutants is exacerbated in combination with taz (wwtr1) mutant alleles such that, when Yap and Taz are both absent, optic vesicle progenitor cells completely lose their ability to form RPE. The mechanism of Yap-dependent RPE cell type determination is reliant on both nuclear localization of Yap and interaction with a Tead co-factor. In contrast to loss of Yap and Taz, overexpression of either protein within optic vesicle progenitors leads to ectopic pigmentation in a dosage-dependent manner. Overall, this study identifies Yap and Taz as key early regulators of RPE genesis and provides a mechanistic framework for understanding the congenital ocular defects of Sveinsson's chorioretinal atrophy and congenital retinal coloboma.
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- Joel B Miesfeld
- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, UCL, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, UCL, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, UCL, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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Johnson CW, Hernandez-Lagunas L, Feng W, Melvin VS, Williams T, Artinger KB. Vgll2a is required for neural crest cell survival during zebrafish craniofacial development. Dev Biol 2011; 357:269-81. [PMID: 21741961 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.06.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2011] [Revised: 06/21/2011] [Accepted: 06/22/2011] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Invertebrate and vertebrate vestigial (vg) and vestigial-like (VGLL) genes are involved in embryonic patterning and cell fate determination. These genes encode cofactors that interact with members of the Scalloped/TEAD family of transcription factors and modulate their activity. We have previously shown that, in mice, Vgll2 is differentially expressed in the developing facial prominences. In this study, we show that the zebrafish ortholog vgll2a is expressed in the pharyngeal endoderm and ectoderm surrounding the neural crest derived mesenchyme of the pharyngeal arches. Moreover, both the FGF and retinoic acid (RA) signaling pathways, which are critical components of the hierarchy controlling craniofacial patterning, regulate this domain of vgll2a expression. Consistent with these observations, vgll2a is required within the pharyngeal endoderm for NCC survival and pharyngeal cartilage development. Specifically, knockdown of Vgll2a in zebrafish embryos using Morpholino injection results in increased cell death within the pharyngeal arches, aberrant endodermal pouch morphogenesis, and hypoplastic cranial cartilages. Overall, our data reveal a novel non-cell autonomous role for Vgll2a in development of the NCC-derived vertebrate craniofacial skeleton.
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- Christopher W Johnson
- Department of Craniofacial Biology, University of Colorado Denver, School of Dental Medicine, Aurora, 80045, USA
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Ribas R, Moncaut N, Siligan C, Taylor K, Cross JW, Rigby PWJ, Carvajal JJ. Members of the TEAD family of transcription factors regulate the expression of Myf5 in ventral somitic compartments. Dev Biol 2011; 355:372-80. [PMID: 21527258 PMCID: PMC3123743 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2010] [Revised: 04/11/2011] [Accepted: 04/11/2011] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The transcriptional regulation of the Mrf4/Myf5 locus depends on a multitude of enhancers that, in equilibria with transcription balancing sequences and the promoters, regulate the expression of the two genes throughout embryonic development and in the adult. Transcription in a particular set of muscle progenitors can be driven by the combined outputs of several enhancers that are not able to recapitulate the entire expression pattern in isolation, or by the action of a single enhancer the activity of which in isolation is equivalent to that within the context of the locus. We identified a new enhancer element of this second class, ECR111, which is highly conserved in all vertebrate species and is necessary and sufficient to drive Myf5 expression in ventro-caudal and ventro-rostral somitic compartments in the mouse embryo. EMSA analyses and data obtained from binding-site mutations in transgenic embryos show that a binding site for a TEA Domain (TEAD) transcription factor is essential for the function of this new enhancer, while ChIP assays show that at least two members of the family of transcription factors bind to it in vivo.
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- Ricardo Ribas
- Section of Gene Function and Regulation, The Institute of Cancer Research, Chester Beatty Laboratories, 237 Fulham Road, London, SW3 6JB, UK
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Bonnet A, Dai F, Brand-Saberi B, Duprez D. Vestigial-like 2 acts downstream of MyoD activation and is associated with skeletal muscle differentiation in chick myogenesis. Mech Dev 2009; 127:120-36. [PMID: 19833199 DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2009.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2008] [Revised: 09/14/2009] [Accepted: 10/03/2009] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The co-factor Vestigial-like 2 (Vgl-2), in association with the Scalloped/Tef/Tead transcription factors, has been identified as a component of the myogenic program in the C2C12 cell line. In order to understand Vgl-2 function in embryonic muscle formation, we analysed Vgl-2 expression and regulation during chick embryonic development. Vgl-2 expression was associated with all known sites of skeletal muscle formation, including those in the head, trunk and limb. Vgl-2 was expressed after the myogenic factor MyoD, regardless of the site of myogenesis. Analysis of Vgl-2 regulation by Notch signalling showed that Vgl-2 expression was down-regulated by Delta1-activated Notch, similarly to the muscle differentiation genes MyoD, Myogenin,Desmin, and Mef2c, while the expression of the muscle progenitor markers such as Myf5, Six1 and FgfR4 was not modified. Moreover, we established that the Myogenic Regulatory Factors (MRFs) associated with skeletal muscle differentiation (MyoD, Myogenin and Mrf4) were sufficient to activate Vgl-2 expression, while Myf5 was not able to do so. The Vgl-2 endogenous expression, the similar regulation of Vgl-2 and that of MyoD and Myogenin by Notch signalling, and the positive regulation of Vgl-2 by these MRFs suggest that Vgl-2 acts downstream of MyoD activation and is associated with the differentiation step in embryonic skeletal myogenesis.
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- Aline Bonnet
- CNRS, UMR7622, Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du Développement, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
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Mielcarek M, Piotrowska I, Schneider A, Günther S, Braun T. VITO-2, a new SID domain protein, is expressed in the myogenic lineage during early mouse embryonic development. Gene Expr Patterns 2008; 9:129-37. [PMID: 19118645 DOI: 10.1016/j.gep.2008.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2008] [Revised: 11/25/2008] [Accepted: 12/03/2008] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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MCAT elements and its cognate binding partners, the transcription enhancer factors (TEFs) play important roles in the regulation of expression of several muscle-specific genes. The biological effects of TEFs strongly depend on different co-factors, which might act as co-activators or anti-repressors to enable transcriptional activation of target genes by TEFs. Previously, we have cloned and characterized VITO-1, which acts as a skeletal muscle-specific transcriptional co-activator of TEFs. Here we describe the cloning and expression profile of a related gene, VITO-2 (also termed Vgl-3), which shares a high homology with VITO-1 in the SID domain responsible for interaction with TEFs. During early embryonic and fetal development VITO-2 is mainly expressed in the myogenic lineage with an onset of expression in the myotomes of somites VI at E9.5 slightly later than VITO-1. At later developmental stages VITO-2 is predominantly found in the nervous system. In adult mice VITO-2 was detected in different tissues, including skeletal muscle, heart, kidney, liver and brain, where it was found in cortical and cerebellar neurons as well as in Purkinje cells. The expression of VITO-2 in the mesoderm was repressed by the notch/delta pathway and activated by Myf-5 since Dll-1 mutant showed an aberrant expression of VITO-2 but not VITO-1 in the tail bud and in the caudal neural tube at E10.5 while Myf-5 mutant mice lack expression of VITO-1 and VITO-2 in somites until E10.5.
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- Michal Mielcarek
- Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Department of Cardiac Development and Remodelling, Parkstr. 1, D-61231 Bad Nauheim, Hessen, Germany
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Recent Papers on Zebrafish and Other Aquarium Fish Models. Zebrafish 2007. [DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2007.9977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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