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Microcephalia with mandibular and dental dysplasia in adult Zmpste24-deficient mice.
Journal of anatomy - 1 Nov 2008
de Carlos F, Varela I, Germanà A, Montalbano G, Freije J M P, Vega J A, López-Otin C, Cobo J M
Abstract excerpt
ZMPSTE24 (also called FACE-1) is a zinc-metalloprotease involved in the post-translational processing of prelamin A to mature lamin A, a major component of the nuclear envelope. Mutations in the ZMPSTE24 gene or in that encoding its substrate prelamin A (LMNA) result in a series of human inherite...
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