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Craniofacial, vestibular and bone defects in mice lacking the Distal-less-related gene Dlx5.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Sept 1999
Acampora D, Merlo G R, Paleari L, Zerega B, Postiglione M P, Mantero S, Bober E, Barbieri O, Simeone A, Levi G
Abstract excerpt
The Dlx5 gene encodes a Distal-less-related DNA-binding homeobox protein first expressed during early embryonic development in anterior regions of the mouse embryo. In later developmental stages, it appears in the branchial arches, the otic and olfactory placodes and their derivatives, in restricted brain regions, in all extending appendages and in all developing bones. We have created a null allele of the mouse...
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