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Protein kinase A deficiency causes axially localized neural tube defects in mice.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 31 May 2002
Huang Yongzhao, Roelink Henk, McKnight G Stanley
Abstract excerpt
We have studied the function of protein kinase A (PKA) during embryonic development using a PKA-deficient mouse that retains only one functional catalytic subunit allele, either Calpha or Cbeta, of PKA. The reduced PKA activity results in neural tube defects that are specifically localized posterior to the forelimb buds and lead to spina bifida. The affected neural tube has closed appropriately but exhibits an...
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