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Genetic modification of prenatal lethality and dilated cardiomyopathy in Mn superoxide dismutase mutant mice.
Free radical biology & medicine - 1 Nov 2001
Huang T T, Carlson E J, Kozy H M, Mantha S, Goodman S I, Ursell P C, Epstein C J
Abstract excerpt
Mn superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), a mitochondrial antioxidant enzyme, has been shown to be essential for animal survival. MnSOD mutant mice (Sod2-/- mice) on the CD1 background develop severe dilated cardiomyopathy and usually die within 10 d after birth. To characterize better the phenotype and understand the mechanism of superoxide-mediated tissue damage in Sod2-/- mice, congenic Sod2-/- mice on inbred...
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