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Conditional inactivation of Tgfbr2 in cranial neural crest causes cleft palate and calvaria defects.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Nov 2003
Ito Yoshihiro, Yeo Jae Yong, Chytil Anna, Han Jun, Bringas Pablo, Nakajima Akira, Shuler Charles F, Moses Harold L, Chai Yang
Abstract excerpt
Cleft palate and skull malformations represent some of the most frequent congenital birth defects in the human population. Previous studies have shown that TGFbeta signaling regulates the fate of the medial edge epithelium during palatal fusion and postnatal cranial suture closure during skull de...
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