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The Hectd1 ubiquitin ligase is required for development of the head mesenchyme and neural tube closure.
Developmental biology - 1 Jun 2007
Zohn Irene E, Anderson Kathryn V, Niswander Lee
Abstract excerpt
Closure of the cranial neural tube depends on normal development of the head mesenchyme. Homozygous-mutant embryos for the ENU-induced open mind (opm) mutation exhibit exencephaly associated with defects in head mesenchyme development and dorsal-lateral hinge point formation. The head mesenchyme in opm mutant embryos is denser than in wildtype embryos and displays an abnormal cellular organization. Since cells...
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