Acta Laser Biology Sinica, Volume. 34, Issue 2, 148(2025)

Construction of Zebrafish egr1 Gene Knockout Strains and Analysis of Craniofacial Cartilage Developmental Anomalies

YANG Jianbo1,2, SU Na2, ZHAO Linhui2, HUANG Shulan2, YAN Feng3, HU Xiang2, LIU Ailong3, and LI Xiang1、*
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  • 1Changsha Hospital for Maternal & Child Health Care Affiliated to Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410007, China
  • 2College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
  • 3Hunan Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Stem Cell Exosome, Hunan Landfar Biotechnology Co. Ltd., Changsha 410027, China
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    YANG Jianbo, SU Na, ZHAO Linhui, HUANG Shulan, YAN Feng, HU Xiang, LIU Ailong, LI Xiang. Construction of Zebrafish egr1 Gene Knockout Strains and Analysis of Craniofacial Cartilage Developmental Anomalies[J]. Acta Laser Biology Sinica, 2025, 34(2): 148

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    Received: Dec. 3, 2024

    Accepted: Jul. 24, 2025

    Published Online: Jul. 24, 2025

    The Author Email: LI Xiang (lxgenius@163.com)

    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1007-7146.2025.02.007

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