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| Title |
Gap Junction in the Teleost Fish Lineage: Duplicated Connexins May Contribute to Skin Pattern Formation and Body Shape Determination
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, February 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fcell.2017.00013 |
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| Authors |
Masakatsu Watanabe |
| Abstract |
Gap junctions are intercellular channels that allow passage of ions and small molecules between adjacent cells. Gap junctions in vertebrates are composed of connexons, which are an assembly of six proteins, connexins. Docking of two connexons on the opposite cell surfaces forms a gap junction between the cytoplasm of two neighboring cells. Connexins compose a family of structurally related four-pass transmembrane proteins. In mammals, there are ~20 connexins, each of which contributes to unique permeability of gap junctions, and mutations of some connexin-encoding genes are associated with human diseases. Zebrafish has been predicted to contain 39 connexin-encoding genes; the high number can be attributed to gene duplication during fish evolution, which resulted in diversified functions of gap junctions in teleosts. The determination of body shapes and skin patterns in animal species is an intriguing question. Mathematical models suggest principle mechanisms explaining the diversification of animal morphology. Recent studies have revealed the involvement of gap junctions in fish morphological diversity, including skin pattern formation and body shape determination. This review focuses on connexins in teleosts, which are integrated in the mathematical models explaining morphological diversity of animal skin patterns and body shapes. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 35 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 26% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 11% |
| Researcher | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 3 | 9% |
| Unknown | 8 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Neuroscience | 8 | 23% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 20% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 9% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 9% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 4 | 11% |
| Unknown | 8 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 February 2017.
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#2,415
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#162,106
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