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Embryonic survival and severity of cardiac and craniofacial defects are affected by genetic background in fibroblast growth factor-16 null mice.
DNA and cell biology - 1 Aug 2010
Lu Shun Yan, Jin Yan, Li Xiaodong, Sheppard Patricia, Bock Margaret E, Sheikh Farah, Duckworth Mary Lynn, Cattini Peter A
Abstract excerpt
Disruption of the X-chromosome fibroblast growth factor 16 (Fgf-16) gene, a member of the FGF-9 subfamily with FGF-20, was linked with an effect on cardiac development in two independent studies. However, poor trabeculation with lethality by embryonic day (E) 11.5 was associated with only one, involving maintenance in Black Swiss (Bsw) versus C57BL/6 mice. The aim of this study was to examine the potential...
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