Genomic organisation, embryonic expression and biochemical interactions of the zebrafish junctional adhesion molecule family of receptors.

ABSTRACT: The mammalian JAM family is composed of three cell surface receptors. Interactions between the proteins have well-characterised roles in inflammation and tight junction formation, but little is known about their function in early development. Recently, we identified a role for jamb and jamc in zebrafish myocyte fusion. Genome duplication in the teleost lineage raised the possibility that additional JAM family paralogues may also function in muscle development. To address this, we searched the zebrafish genome to identify potential paralogues and confirmed their homology, bringing the total number of zebrafish jam family members to six. We then compared the physical binding properties of each paralogue by surface plasmon resonance and determined the gene expression patterns of all zebrafish

SUBMITTER: Powell GT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3399880 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature