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L1cam acts as a modifier gene for members of the endothelin signalling pathway during enteric nervous system development
14 Mar 2011
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The enteric nervous system originates from neural crest cells that migrate into the embryonic foregut and then sequentially colonize the midgut and hindgut. Defects in neural crest migration result in regions of the gut that lack enteric ganglia, a condition in humans called Hirschsprung's disease. The high degree of phenotypic variability reported in Hirschsprung's disease suggests the involvement of...
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