Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22914941›Full record

ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2012

Clonal and lineage analysis of melanocyte stem cells and their progeny in the zebrafish.

Robert C Tryon, Stephen L Johnson

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Robert C TryonDepartment of Genetics, Washington School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Stephen L Johnson

Funding

REGULATION OF ADULT STEM CELLS IN ZEBRAFISHR01GM056988 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI JOHNSON, STEPHEN L · 1998 to 2016
$6.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM056988
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study of melanocyte biology in the zebrafish presents a highly tractable system for understanding fundamental principles of developmental biology. Melanocytes are visible in the transparent embryo and in the mature fish following metamorphosis, a physical transformation from the larval to adult form. While early developing larval melanocytes are direct derivatives of the neural crest, the remainder of melanocytes develop from unpigmented precursors, or melanocyte stem cells (MSCs). The Tol2 transposable element has facilitated the construction of stable transgenic lines that label melanocytes. In another application, integration of Tol2 constructs makes possible clonal analysis of melanocyte and MSC lineages. Drugs that block melanin synthesis, ablate melanocytes, and block establishment of MSC populations allow the interrogation of this model system for mechanisms of adult stem cell development and regulation.

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationAnimalsCell CountClone CellsDNA Transposable ElementsMelanocytesPhenylthioureaStaining and LabelingStem CellsX-RaysZebrafishDNA Transposable ElementsPhenylthiourea

Identifiers

PMID22914941
PMCPMC3630497
OpenAlexW118536900

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