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Distinct transcriptional regulation and phylogenetic divergence of human LEFTY genes.
Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms - 1 May 2000
Yashiro K, Saijoh Y, Sakuma R, Tada M, Tomita N, Amano K, Matsuda Y, Monden M, Okada S, Hamada H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mouse lefty1 and lefty2 genes are expressed on the left side of developing embryos and are required for left-right determination. Here we have studied expression and transcriptional regulatory mechanisms of human LEFTY genes. RESULTS: The human LEFTY locus comprises two functional genes (LEFTY1 and LEFTY2) and a putative pseudogene. LEFTY1 is expressed in colon crypts. However, whereas LEFTY1 mRNA is...
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