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Selenoprotein expression is essential in endothelial cell development and cardiac muscle function.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Feb 2007
Shrimali Rajeev K, Weaver James A, Miller Georgina F, Starost Matthew F, Carlson Bradley A, Novoselov Sergey V, Kumaraswamy Easwari, Gladyshev Vadim N, Hatfield Dolph L
Abstract excerpt
LoxP-Cre technology was used to remove the selenocysteine tRNA gene, trsp, in either endothelial cells or myocytes of skeletal and heart muscle to elucidate the role of selenoproteins in cardiovascular disease. Loss of selenoprotein expression in endothelial cells was embryonic lethal. A 14.5-day-old embryo had numerous abnormalities including necrosis of the central nervous system, subcutaneous hemorrhage and...
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