Abstract
ABSTRACT The notochord is critical for the normal development of vertebrate embryos. It serves both as the major skeletal element of the embryo and as a signaling source for the establishment of pattern within the neurectoderm, the paraxial mesoderm and other tissues. In a large-scale systematic screen of mutations affecting embryogenesis in zebrafish we identified 65 mutations that fall into 29 complementation groups, each leading to a defect in the formation and/or maintenance of the notochord. These mutations produce phenotypic abnormalities at numerous stages of notochord development, thereby establishing a phenotypic pathway, which in turn suggests a genetic pathway for the development of the notochord. Perturbations within adjacent tissues in mutant embryos further indicate the importance of notochord-derived signals for patterning within the embryo and suggest that these mutations will yield additional insight into the cues that regulate these patterning processes.
Authors
11
- Derek L. Stemple (first)
- Lilianna Solnica-Krezel (additional)
- Fried Zwartkruis (additional)
- Stephan C. F. Neuhauss (additional)
- Alexander F. Schier (additional)
- Jarema Malicki (additional)
- Didier Y. R. Stainier (additional)
- Salim Abdelilah (additional)
- Zehava Rangini (additional)
- Elizabeth Mountcastle-Shah (additional)
- Wolfgang Driever (additional)
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Created | 4 years, 4 months ago (April 25, 2021, 10:50 p.m.) |
Deposited | 2 years ago (July 28, 2023, 6:05 a.m.) |
Indexed | 3 weeks ago (Aug. 6, 2025, 9:54 a.m.) |
Issued | 28 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 1, 1996) |
Published | 28 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 1, 1996) |
Published Online | 28 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 1, 1996) |
Published Print | 28 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 1, 1996) |
@article{Stemple_1996, title={Mutations affecting development of the notochord in zebrafish}, volume={123}, ISSN={1477-9129}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/dev.123.1.117}, DOI={10.1242/dev.123.1.117}, number={1}, journal={Development}, publisher={The Company of Biologists}, author={Stemple, Derek L. and Solnica-Krezel, Lilianna and Zwartkruis, Fried and Neuhauss, Stephan C. F. and Schier, Alexander F. and Malicki, Jarema and Stainier, Didier Y. R. and Abdelilah, Salim and Rangini, Zehava and Mountcastle-Shah, Elizabeth and Driever, Wolfgang}, year={1996}, month=dec, pages={117–128} }