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laminin alpha 1 gene is essential for normal lens development in zebrafish.
BMC developmental biology - 7 Mar 2006
Zinkevich Natalya S, Bosenko Dmitry V, Link Brian A, Semina Elena V
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BACKGROUND: Laminins represent major components of basement membranes and play various roles in embryonic and adult tissues. The functional laminin molecule consists of three chains, alpha, beta and gamma, encoded by separate genes. There are twelve different laminin genes identified in mammals to date that are highly homologous in their sequence but different in their tissue distribution. The laminin alpha -1...
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