2015
Intraciliary Calcium Oscillations Initiate Vertebrate Left-Right Asymmetry
Yuan S, Zhao L, Brueckner M, Sun Z. Intraciliary Calcium Oscillations Initiate Vertebrate Left-Right Asymmetry. Current Biology 2015, 25: 556-567. PMID: 25660539, PMCID: PMC4469357, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.12.051.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft-right organizerLR developmentCiliary motilityVertebrate left–right asymmetryLeft-right signalingLive zebrafish embryosVertebrate developmentLeft-right asymmetryZebrafish embryosSensory ciliaPolycystin-2Signaling cascadesMolecular signalsMolecular mechanismsIntraciliary calciumCation channelsMotilityBilateral symmetryCalcium sinkCiliaCalcium oscillationsPKD2SignalingEmbryosExtracellular fluid
2009
Microinjection of mRNA and morpholino antisense oligonucleotides in zebrafish embryos.
Yuan S, Sun Z. Microinjection of mRNA and morpholino antisense oligonucleotides in zebrafish embryos. Journal Of Visualized Experiments 2009 PMID: 19488022, PMCID: PMC2762915, DOI: 10.3791/1113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZebrafish embryosOverexpression of EGFPMorpholino oligonucleotide injectionKnockdown of PKD2Microinjection of RNAGerm-line chimerasMicroinjection of mRNACell fate mappingMorpholino microinjectionAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseGene functionMisexpression studiesMorpholino antisenseMorpholino oligosGene knockdownTransgenic animalsGFP expressionOligonucleotide injectionEGFP mRNAPhenotype analysisEmbryosGene screeningMRNABroad applicationsPKD2