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Mouse ATF-2 null mutants display features of a severe type of meconium aspiration syndrome.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 18 Jun 1999
Maekawa T, Bernier F, Sato M, Nomura S, Singh M, Inoue Y, Tokunaga T, Imai H, Yokoyama M, Reimold A, Glimcher L H, Ishii S
Abstract excerpt
Mouse null mutants of transcription factor ATF-2 were generated by the gene targeting method. They died shortly after birth and displayed symptoms of severe respiratory distress with lungs filled with meconium. These features are similar to those of a severe type of human meconium aspiration syndrome. The increased expression of the hypoxia inducible genes suggests that hypoxia occurs in the mutant embryos and...
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