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c-Abl tyrosine kinase regulates cardiac growth and development.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 19 Jan 2010
Qiu Zhaozhu, Cang Yong, Goff Stephen P
Abstract excerpt
The c-Abl protein is a ubiquitously expressed nonreceptor tyrosine kinase involved in the development and function of many mammalian organ systems, including the immune system and bone. Here we show that homozygous Abl mutant embryos and newborns on the C57BL/6J background, but not on other backgrounds, display dramatically enlarged hearts and die perinatally. The heart defects can be largely rescued by...
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