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SUBMITTER: Esaki M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2751791 | biostudies-literature | 2009 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Esaki Masahiro M Hoshijima Kazuyuki K Nakamura Nobuhiro N Munakata Keijiro K Tanaka Mikiko M Ookata Kayoko K Asakawa Kazuhide K Kawakami Koichi K Wang Weiyi W Weinberg Eric S ES Hirose Shigehisa S
Developmental biology 20090304 1
Mitochondrion-rich cells (MRCs), or ionocytes, play a central role in aquatic species, maintaining body fluid ionic homeostasis by actively taking up or excreting ions. Since their first description in 1932 in eel gills, extensive morphological and physiological analyses have yielded important insights into ionocyte structure and function, but understanding the developmental pathway specifying these cells remains an ongoing challenge. We previously succeeded in identifying a key transcription fa ...[more]