EF-hand domain containing 2 (Efhc2) is crucial for distal segmentation of pronephros in zebrafish

Abstract Background The blood filtering organ in zebrafish embryos is the pronephros, which consists of two functional nephrons. Segmentation of a nephron into different domains is essential for its function and is well conserved among vertebrates. Zebrafish has been extensively used as a model to u...

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Main Authors: Praveen Barrodia, Chinmoy Patra, Rajeeb K. Swain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:Cell & Bioscience
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13578-018-0253-z