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Cell type-specific effects of Rb deletion in the murine retina.
Genes & development - 15 Jul 2004
MacPherson David, Sage Julien, Kim Teresa, Ho Dennis, McLaughlin Margaret E, Jacks Tyler
Abstract excerpt
Certain cells of the human retina are extremely sensitive to loss of function of the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor gene RB. Retinoblastomas develop early in life and at high frequency in individuals heterozygous for a germ-line RB mutation, and sporadic retinoblastomas invariably have somatic mutation in the RB gene. In contrast, retinoblastomas do not develop in Rb+/- mice. Although retinoblastoma is thought...
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