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A genetic study of the suppressors of the Engrailed-1 cerebellar phenotype.
Brain research - 6 Apr 2007
Murcia Crystal L, Gulden Forrest O, Cherosky Natalie A, Herrup Karl
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The mouse Engrailed genes, En1 and En2, play an important role in the development of the cerebellum from its inception at the mid/hindbrain boundary in early embryonic development through cell type specification events and beyond. In the absence of En1, the cerebellum and caudal midbrain fail to develop normally--a phenotype that we have previously reported to be strain dependent. On the 129/S1 strain background,...
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