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An absence of Twist1 results in aberrant cardiac neural crest morphogenesis.
Developmental biology - 1 Aug 2008
Vincentz Joshua W, Barnes Ralston M, Rodgers Rhonda, Firulli Beth A, Conway Simon J, Firulli Anthony B
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The basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor Twist1 plays an essential role in mesenchymal cell populations during embryonic development and in pathological disease. Remodeling of the cardiac outflow tract (OFT) into the functionally separate aortic arch and pulmonary trunk is dependent upon the dynamic, coordinated contribution of multiple mesenchymal cell populations. Here, we report that Twist1(-/-) mice...
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