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Intragenic deletion of Tgif causes defectsin brain development.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Dec 2006
Kuang Chenzhong, Xiao Yan, Yang Ling, Chen Qian, Wang Zhenzhen, Conway Simon J, Chen Yan
Abstract excerpt
TG-interacting factor (TGIF) is a homeodomain-containing protein and functions as a transcriptional repressor within the TGF-beta and retinoic acid signaling pathways. Heterozygous mutations of TGIF have been found in patients with holoprosencephaly (HPE), which is the most common congenital brain malformation in humans. However, targeted null deletions of the entire Tgif gene in mice surprisingly revealed no...
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