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Disruption of spermatogenesis in mice lacking A-type lamins.
Journal of cell science - 1 Mar 2004
Alsheimer Manfred, Liebe Bodo, Sewell Lori, Stewart Colin L, Scherthan Harry, Benavente Ricardo
Abstract excerpt
Nuclear lamins are structural protein components of the nuclear envelope. Mutations in LMNA, the gene coding for A-type lamins, result in several human hereditary diseases, the laminopathies, which include Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, dilated cardiomyopathy, familial partial lipodystrophy and Hutchinson-Gilford progeria. Similar to the human conditions, it has been shown that Lmna(-/-) mice develop severe...
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