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Klotho gene variation and expression in 20 inbred mouse strains.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Oct 2004
Bektas Arsun, Schurman Shepherd H, Sharov Alexei A, Carter Mark G, Dietz Harry C, Francomano Clair A
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A defect in klotho gene expression in the mouse results in a syndrome that resembles human aging, with greatly shortened lifespan, arteriosclerosis, and defective hearing. In an effort to find functional murine variants of klotho, we sequenced the gene and examined renal expression of the secrete...
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