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Dyrk1A haploinsufficiency affects viability and causes developmental delay and abnormal brain morphology in mice.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Sept 2002
Fotaki Vassiliki, Dierssen Mara, Alcántara Soledad, Martínez Salvador, Martí Eulàlia, Casas Caty, Visa Joana, Soriano Eduardo, Estivill Xavier, Arbonés Maria L
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DYRK1A is the human orthologue of the Drosophila minibrain (mnb) gene, which is involved in postembryonic neurogenesis in flies. Because of its mapping position on chromosome 21 and the neurobehavioral alterations shown by mice overexpressing this gene, involvement of DYRK1A in some of the neurological defects of Down syndrome patients has been suggested. To gain insight into its physiological role, we have...
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