Article
Craniofacial and otic capsule abnormalities in a transgenic mouse strain with a Col2a1 mutation.
Journal of craniofacial genetics and developmental biology - 1 Jan 2000
Maddox B K, Garofalo S, Horton W A, Richardson M D, Trune D R
Abstract excerpt
Abnormal craniofacial features of a transgenic mouse model of chondrodysplasia with a type II collagen mutation (Gly574Ser) are described in this report. In addition to a shortened mandible and cleft palate, a misshapen otic capsule was observed. Interestingly, hearing impairment is often a component of the chondrodysplasia phenotype that results from mutations in COL2A1. To identify a potential mechanism in the...
Topics
- Animals
- Cartilage
- Chondrodysplasia Punctata
- Collagen
- Craniofacial Abnormalities
- Disease Models, Animal
- Ear, Inner
- Embryo, Mammalian
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Phenotype
- Point Mutation
- Time Factors
