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SATB2 is a multifunctional determinant of craniofacial patterning and osteoblast differentiation.
Cell - 2 Jun 2006
Dobreva Gergana, Chahrour Maria, Dautzenberg Marcel, Chirivella Laura, Kanzler Benoit, Fariñas Isabel, Karsenty Gerard, Grosschedl Rudolf
Abstract excerpt
Vertebrate skeletogenesis involves two processes, skeletal patterning and osteoblast differentiation. Here, we show that Satb2, encoding a nuclear matrix protein, is expressed in branchial arches and in cells of the osteoblast lineage. Satb2-/- mice exhibit both craniofacial abnormalities that resemble those observed in humans carrying a translocation in SATB2 and defects in osteoblast differentiation and...
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