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Reduced perlecan in mice results in chondrodysplasia resembling Schwartz-Jampel syndrome.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Mar 2007
Rodgers Kathryn D, Sasaki Takako, Aszodi Attila, Jacenko Olena
Abstract excerpt
Perlecan knock-in mice were developed to model Schwartz-Jampel syndrome (SJS), a skeletal disease resulting from decreased perlecan. Two mouse strains were generated: those carrying a C-to-Y mutation at residue 1532 and the neomycin cassette (C1532Yneo) and those harboring the mutation alone (C15...
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