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Molecular cause of the severe functional deficiency in osteoclasts by an arginine deletion in the basic domain of Mi transcription factor.
Journal of bone and mineral metabolism - 1 Jan 2001
Nomura S, Sakuma T, Higashibata Y, Oboki K, Sato M
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Severe osteopetrosis was observed in mi/mi mutant mice. However, the bone of VGA9/VGA9 mutant mice, in which Mi gene expression is undetectable, showed normal histology. No osteopetrosis was found in mi/+ mice, but was observed in VGA9/mi mice. Biochemical analysis revealed that the gene product...
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