Zebrafish prox1b mutants develop a lymphatic vasculature, and prox1b does not specifically mark lymphatic endothelial cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Tao, Shijie ^a   Witte, Merlijn ^a   Bryson Richardson, Robert J ^b   Currie, Peter D ^b,c,d   Hogan, Benjamin M ^a   Schulte Merker, Stefan ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC MARKER; HOMOZYGOSITY; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROX1B GENE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; LYMPH VESSEL; MUTATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; MUS; PROSPERO;

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROSPERO RELATED HOMEOBOX 1 PROTEIN; PROSPERO-RELATED HOMEOBOX 1 PROTEIN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MUTATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84555205172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028934     Document Type: Article

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