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Foxe3 haploinsufficiency in mice: a model for Peters' anomaly.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 May 2002
Ormestad Mattias, Blixt Asa, Churchill Amanda, Martinsson Tommy, Enerbäck Sven, Carlsson Peter
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PURPOSE: To evaluate the importance in anterior segment dysgenesis of genetic variation in Foxe3, a gene encoding a forkhead transcription factor specifically expressed in the lens. METHODS: The phenotype of mice heterozygous for a mutation in the DNA-binding domain of Foxe3 was examined from histologic sections, and DNA binding by the encoded protein was investigated by gel-shift assay. FOXE3 from human patients...
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