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Fetal overgrowth in the Cdkn1c mouse model of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome.
Disease models & mechanisms - 1 Nov 2011
Tunster Simon J, Van de Pette Mathew, John Rosalind M
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the imprinted CDKN1C gene are associated with the childhood developmental disorder Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS). Multiple mouse models with deficiency of Cdkn1c recapitulate some aspects of BWS but do not exhibit overgrowth of the newborn, a cardinal feature of patients with BWS. In this study, we found that Cdkn1c mutants attained a 20% increase in weight during gestation but experienced a...
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