Blood flow: metalloproteases cut loose in primitive erythrocytes

Curr Biol. 2010 Jul 13;20(13):R561-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.05.014.

Abstract

Little is known about how blood begins to flow during development. A new study shows that release of primitive blood cells in the zebrafish embryo is synchronized and mediated by a metalloprotease.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Genetically Modified
  • Blood Circulation*
  • Erythrocytes / enzymology*
  • Metalloproteases / metabolism*
  • Zebrafish / embryology*
  • Zebrafish / physiology

Substances

  • Metalloproteases