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Defective prelamin A processing and muscular and adipocyte alterations in Zmpste24 metalloproteinase-deficient mice.
Nature genetics - 1 May 2002
Pendás Alberto M, Zhou Zhongjun, Cadiñanos Juan, Freije José M P, Wang Jianming, Hultenby Kjell, Astudillo Aurora, Wernerson Annika, Rodríguez Francisco, Tryggvason Karl, López-Otín Carlos
Abstract excerpt
The mouse ortholog of human FACE-1, Zmpste24, is a multispanning membrane protein widely distributed in mammalian tissues and structurally related to Afc1p/ste24p, a yeast metalloproteinase involved in the maturation of fungal pheromones. Disruption of the gene Zmpste24 caused severe growth retardation and premature death in homozygous-null mice. Histopathological analysis of the mutant mice revealed several...
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