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Homeobox gene Hex is essential for onset of mouse embryonic liver development and differentiation of the monocyte lineage.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 5 Oct 2000
Keng V W, Yagi H, Ikawa M, Nagano T, Myint Z, Yamada K, Tanaka T, Sato A, Muramatsu I, Okabe M, Sato M, Noguchi T
Abstract excerpt
Disruption of the mouse Hex gene resulted in embryonic lethality around embryonic age (E) 10.5, due to no substantial liver formation. Expression of albumin was detectable in heterozygous (Hex(+/-)) but not in homozygous (Hex(-/-)) [corrected] embryos at E8.5. Instead of liver bud formation at E9...
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