Histamine metabolism influences blood vessel branching in zebrafish <it>reg6 </it>mutants

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Vascular branching morphogenesis is responsible for the extension of blood vessels into growing tissues, a process crucial for organogenesis. However, the genetic mechanism for vessel branching is largely unknown. Zebrafish <it>...

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Main Authors: Cheng Yih-Shyun E, Huang Chin-Wei, Huang Cheng-chen, Yu John
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-03-01
Series:BMC Developmental Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-213X/8/31