Open AccessTransdifferentiation of Fast Skeletal Muscle Into Functional Endothelium in Vivo by Transcription Factor Etv2
Author(s) -
Matthew B. Veldman,
Chengjian Zhao,
Gustavo A. Gomez,
Anne Lindgren,
Haigen Huang,
Hanshuo Yang,
Shaohua Yao,
Benjamin L. Martin,
David Kimelman,
Shuo Lin
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001590
Subject(s) - biology , microbiology and biotechnology , transdifferentiation , skeletal muscle , zebrafish , myocyte , transcription factor , stem cell , anatomy , genetics , gene
Etv2, a master regulator of endothelial cell fate, can induce fast skeletal muscle cells to transdifferentiate into endothelial cells in the zebrafish embryo.
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