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Fishing the molecular bases of Treacher Collins syndrome.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Weiner Andrea M J, Scampoli Nadia L, Calcaterra Nora B
Abstract excerpt
Treacher Collins syndrome (TCS) is an autosomal dominant disorder of craniofacial development, and mutations in the TCOF1 gene are responsible for over 90% of TCS cases. The knowledge about the molecular mechanisms responsible for this syndrome is relatively scant, probably due to the difficulty of reproducing the pathology in experimental animals. Zebrafish is an emerging model for human disease studies, and we...
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