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Situs inversus in Dpcd/Poll-/-, Nme7-/- , and Pkd1l1-/- mice.
Veterinary pathology - 1 Jan 2010
Vogel P, Read R, Hansen G M, Freay L C, Zambrowicz B P, Sands A T
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Situs inversus (SI) is a congenital condition characterized by left-right transposition of thoracic and visceral organs and associated vasculature. The usual asymmetrical positioning of organs is established early in development in a transient structure called the embryonic node. The 2-cilia hypothesis proposes that 2 kinds of primary cilia in the embryonic node determine left-right asymmetry: motile cilia that...
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