Semicircular canal morphogenesis in the zebrafish inner ear requires the function of gpr126 (lauscher), an adhesion class G protein-coupled receptor gene

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 4362-4374

  Geng, Fan Suo ^a,d   Abbas, Leila ^a   Baxendale, Sarah ^a   Holdsworth, Celia J ^a   George Swanson, A ^a   Slanchev, Krasimir ^b,e   Hammerschmidt, Matthias ^b,f   Topczewski, Jacek ^c   Whitfield, Tanya T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesion GPCRs; Extracellular matrix; gpr126; Inner ear; Semicircular canals; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 126; HYALURONIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX10; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERSICAN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GLIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTANT; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SWELLING; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH;

ADHESION GPCRS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GPR126; INNER EAR; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALS; CYCLIC AMP; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MORPHOGENESIS; PHALLOIDINE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOXE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VERSICANS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84885641132     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.098061     Document Type: Article

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