Zebrafish Erc1b mediates motor innervation and organization of craniofacial muscles in control of jaw movement.

Lauryn N LudermanMackenzie T MichaelsDaniel S Levic Ela W Knapik

Published in: Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists (2022)

We identified Erc1b/ERC1 as a novel component of a genetic pathway contributing to muscle organization, trigeminal nerve outgrowth, and NMJ spatial distribution during development that is required for jaw movement.

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skeletal muscle
genome wide
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