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Cardiomyopathy in Irx4-deficient mice is preceded by abnormal ventricular gene expression.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Mar 2001
Bruneau B G, Bao Z Z, Fatkin D, Xavier-Neto J, Georgakopoulos D, Maguire C T, Berul C I, Kass D A, Kuroski-de Bold M L, de Bold A J, Conner D A, Rosenthal N, Cepko C L, Seidman C E, Seidman J G
Abstract excerpt
To define the role of Irx4, a member of the Iroquois family of homeobox transcription factors in mammalian heart development and function, we disrupted the murine Irx4 gene. Cardiac morphology in Irx4-deficient mice (designated Irx4(Delta ex2/Delta ex2)) was normal during embryogenesis and in early postnatal life. Adult Irx4(Delta ex2/Delta ex2) mice developed a cardiomyopathy characterized by cardiac hypertrophy...
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