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Malignant autosomal recessive osteopetrosis caused by spontaneous mutation of murine Rank.
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - 1 Oct 2004
Kapur Raj P, Yao Zhenqiang, Iida Malissa H K, Clarke Christine M, Doggett Barbara, Xing Lianping, Boyce Brendan F
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: We report the first case of lethal autosomal recessive osteopetrosis in mice caused by a spontaneous 8-bp deletion in exon 2 of the Rank gene. The phenotype, including a block in RANKL-dependent osteoclast differentiation and lymph node agenesis, copies that of Rank(-/-) mice, which have been produced by targeted recombination. INTRODUCTION: Commitment of osteoclast progenitors to the osteoclast...
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