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Developmentally modulated cardiac conduction failure in transgenic mice with fetal or postnatal overexpression of DNA nonbinding mutant Nkx2.5.
Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology - 1 Jul 2002
Wakimoto Hiroko, Kasahara Hideko, Maguire Colin T, Izumo Seigo, Berul Charles I
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INTRODUCTION: Nkx2.5 is a conserved homeodomain (HD) containing transcription factor essential for early cardiac development. We generated a DNA nonbinding missense mutation, I183P in the HD, similar to the missense HD mutation found in patients. Transgenic mice expressing this mutation under beta-MHC promoter [beta-MHC(I183P)] showed a postnatal lethal phenotype with heart failure. In contrast, mice expressing...
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