Double-Headed Zebrafish (IMAGE)

Hokkaido University

Double-Headed Zebrafish

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The double-headed zebrafish created by accurately controlling the expression duration of the squint gene. <a target="_blank"href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvIs1yC6qKM">A movie of the double-headed zebrafish is available at the university's YouTube channel</a>.

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Ogasawara S., Duration control of protein expression in vivo by light-mediated reversible activation of translation. <i>ACS Chemical Biology</i>, Jan 4, 2017. DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.6b00684

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