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A mouse model of albright hereditary osteodystrophy generated by targeted disruption of exon 1 of the Gnas gene.
Endocrinology - 1 Nov 2005
Germain-Lee Emily L, Schwindinger William, Crane Janet L, Zewdu Rediet, Zweifel Larry S, Wand Gary, Huso David L, Saji Motoyasu, Ringel Matthew D, Levine Michael A
Abstract excerpt
Albright hereditary osteodystrophy is caused by heterozygous inactivating mutations in GNAS, a gene that encodes not only the alpha-chain of Gs (Galphas), but also NESP55 and XLalphas through use of alternative first exons. Patients with GNAS mutations on maternally inherited alleles are resistant to multiple hormones such as PTH, TSH, LH/FSH, GHRH, and glucagon, whose receptors are coupled to Gs. This variant of...
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