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Mutations in the BMP pathway in mice support the existence of two molecular classes of holoprosencephaly.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Nov 2007
Fernandes Marie, Gutin Grigoriy, Alcorn Heather, McConnell Susan K, Hébert Jean M
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Holoprosencephaly (HPE) is a devastating forebrain abnormality with a range of morphological defects characterized by loss of midline tissue. In the telencephalon, the embryonic precursor of the cerebral hemispheres, specialized cell types form a midline that separates the hemispheres. In the present study, deletion of the BMP receptor genes, Bmpr1b and Bmpr1a, in the mouse telencephalon results in a loss of all...
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