The glial-specific role of betaPix during cerebral blood vessel development has been revealed by establishing a new betaPix conditional trap allele in zebrafish.
Genetic approaches identify Rtf1-dependent transcriptional pausing as an essential mechanism governing the deployment of the cardiac gene program during myocardial differentiation from the mesoderm.
Genetic perturbation of Afadin in the retina reveals its importance for the precise organization of the retinal layers while leaving neuronal fate and numbers unaffected.