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Developmental paradigms in heart disease: insights from tinman.
Annals of medicine - 1 Jan 2002
Prall Owen W J, Elliott David A, Harvey Richard P
Abstract excerpt
Congenital heart disease is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in humans, and gene mutations that underlie some of these anomalies are now being described. The NKX2.5 gene, which encodes a homeobox transcription factor, was initially discovered in mice through its similarity to the tinman gene of the fruitfly Drosophila. Tinman is required for formation of the dorsal pulsatile vessel or 'heart' of the...
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