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Nuclear factor I-B (Nfib) deficient mice have severe lung hypoplasia.
Mechanisms of development - 1 Mar 2002
Gründer Albert, Ebel Thorsten T, Mallo Moisés, Schwarzkopf Georg, Shimizu Takehiko, Sippel Albrecht E, Schrewe Heinrich
Abstract excerpt
Binding sites for transcription factor nuclear factor one (NFI) proteins, encoded by four genes in the mouse, have been characterized from many tissue-specific genes. NFI genes are expressed in unique but overlapping patterns in embryonic and in adult tissues. Nfib is highly expressed in the embryonic lung. Here we show that Nfib null mutants die early postnatally and display severe lung hypoplasia. Heterozygotes...
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