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Positional cloning of the Ttc7 gene required for normal iron homeostasis and mutated in hea and fsn anemia mice.
Genomics - 1 Mar 2005
White Robert A, McNulty Steven G, Nsumu Ndona N, Boydston Leigh A, Brewer Brandon P, Shimizu Koji
Abstract excerpt
Genes playing essential roles in iron homeostasis have yet to be identified. We report the discovery of a strong candidate gene affecting iron homeostasis in two allelic anemia mouse mutants: hea (hereditary erythroblastic anemia) and fsn (flaky skin). To clone this novel gene positionally, we established a large backcross, which generated a critical region of seven genes from which only one gene exhibited a...
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