Abnormal vasculature interferes with optic fissure closure in lmo2 mutant zebrafish embryos

Developmental Biology

Volumn 369, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 191-198

  Weiss, Omri ^a   Kaufman, Rivka ^a   Michaeli, Natali ^a   Inbal, Adi ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coloboma; Lmo2; Ocular vasculature; Optic fissure; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; LMO2 GENE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC FISSURE CLOSIRE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASODILATATION; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84865180175     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.06.029     Document Type: Article

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