Hapln1a is required for connexin43-dependent growth and patterning in the regenerating fin skeleton.

Cell-cell communication, facilitating the exchange of small metabolites, ions and second messengers, takes place via aqueous proteinaceous channels called gap junctions. Connexins (cx) are the subunits of a gap junction channel. Mutations in zebrafish cx43 produces the short fin (sof (b123) ) phenot...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jayalakshmi Govindan, M Kathryn Iovine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3922931?pdf=render