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Mutation at the Lmx1a locus provokes aberrant brain development in the rat.
Brain research. Developmental brain research - 31 Mar 2005
Kuwamura Mitsuru, Muraguchi Takehiko, Matsui Tamiko, Ueno Mayumi, Takenaka Shigeo, Yamate Jyoji, Kotani Takao, Kuramoto Takashi, Guénet Jean-Louis, Kitada Kazuhiro, Serikawa Tadao
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A rat short-tail mutation with neurological defects (named queue courte, qc) was discovered. Histopathology in adult qc/qc rats revealed hypoplasia of the cerebellum and hippocampus, maldevelopment of the choroid plexus and corpus callosum. These abnormalities are strongly reminiscent of the phenotypic abnormalities found in the shaker short-tail or dreher (dr) mouse mutation at the LIM homeobox transcription...
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