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Skeletal overgrowth is mediated by deficiency in a specific isoform of fibroblast growth factor receptor 3.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 6 Mar 2007
Eswarakumar Veraragavan P, Schlessinger Joseph
Abstract excerpt
Fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) plays an important role in the control of chondrocyte proliferation and differentiation, a process critical for normal development of the skeleton. To reveal the contributions of the epithelial Fgfr3b isoform and the mesenchymal Fgfr3c isoform to skeletal overgrowth seen in mice, in which both isoforms have been inactivated (Fgf3c(-/-) mice), we have generated mice in...
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