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Elimination by necrosis, not apoptosis, of embryonic extraocular muscles in the muscular dysgenesis mutant of the mouse.
Cell and tissue research - 1 Feb 2004
Heimann Peter, Kuschel Thilo, Jockusch Harald
Abstract excerpt
Muscular dysgenesis (mdg) in the mouse is a loss-of-function mutation of the skeletal muscle isoform of the voltage-sensor Ca2+ channel of skeletal muscle (DHP receptor alpha1 subunit, Cchl1a3, Chr1), which is essential for excitation-contraction coupling. Affected individuals (genotype mdg/mdg, phenotype MDG) are unable to breathe and die perinatally. We introduce here extraocular muscles in the study of MDG...
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