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Ventricular septal defect and cardiomyopathy in mice lacking the transcription factor CHF1/Hey2.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 10 Dec 2002
Sakata Yasuhiko, Kamei Caramai N, Nakagami Hironori, Bronson Roderick, Liao James K, Chin Michael T
Abstract excerpt
Ventricular septal defects are common in human infants, but the genetic programs that control ventricular septation are poorly understood. Here we report that mice with a targeted disruption of the cardiovascular basic helix-loop-helix factor (CHF)1Hey2 gene show isolated ventricular septal defects. These defects result primarily in failure to thrive. Mice often succumbed within the first 3 wk after birth and...
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