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IKK1-deficient mice exhibit abnormal development of skin and skeleton.
Genes & development - 15 May 1999
Li Q, Lu Q, Hwang J Y, Büscher D, Lee K F, Izpisua-Belmonte J C, Verma I M
Abstract excerpt
IkappaB kinases (IKKs) IKK1 and IKK2 are two putative IkappaBalpha kinases involved in NF-kappaB activation. To examine the in vivo functions of IKK1, we generated IKK1-deficient mice. The mutant mice are perinatally lethal and exhibit a wide range of developmental defects. Newborn mutant mice have shiny, taut, and sticky skin without whiskers. Histological analysis shows thicker epidermis, which is unable to...
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