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Mild impairment of learning and memory in mice overexpressing the mSim2 gene located on chromosome 16: an animal model of Down's syndrome.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Aug 1999
Ema M, Ikegami S, Hosoya T, Mimura J, Ohtani H, Nakao K, Inokuchi K, Katsuki M, Fujii-Kuriyama Y
Abstract excerpt
Human Sim2 is a product of one of the genes located on human chromosome 21q22 and is a homolog of Drosophila single-minded ( sim ) which is a critical player in midline development of the central nervous system of the fly. Since Sim2 mRNA is expressed in facial, skull, palate and vertebra primordia in human and rodent embryos, features that are associated with phenotypes of Down's syndrome (DS), its trisomic...
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