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Control of Crystal Size and Lattice Formation by Starmaker in Otolith Biomineralization
Abstract
The stone-like otoliths from the ears of teleost fishes are involved in balance and hearing and consist of calcium carbonate crystallites embedded in a protein framework. We report that a previously unknown gene, starmaker , is required in zebrafish for otolith morphogenesis. Reduction of starmaker activity by injection of modified antisense oligonucleotides causes a change in the crystal lattice structure and thus a change in otolith morphology. The expression pattern of starmaker , along with the presence of the protein on the growing otolith, suggest that the expression levels of starmaker control the shape of the otoliths.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Söllner, C., Burghammer, M., Busch-Nentwich, E., Berger, J., Schwarz, H., Riekel, C., & Nicolson, T.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2003-10-10
- Volume
- 302
- Issue
- 5643
- Pages
- 282-286
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W1985405662
- Cited by
- 318
- References
- 23
- FWCI
- 9.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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