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Strain-specific modifier genes governing craniofacial phenotypes.
Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology - 1 Mar 2012
Mukhopadhyay Partha, Brock Guy, Webb Cynthia, Pisano M Michele, Greene Robert M
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BACKGROUND: The presence of strain-specific modifier genes is known to modulate the phenotype and pathophysiology of mice harboring genetically engineered mutations. Thus, identification of genetic modifier genes is requisite to understanding control of phenotypic expression. c-Ski is a transcriptional regulator. Ski(-/-) mice on a C57BL6J (B6) background exhibit facial clefting, while Ski(-/-) mice on a 129P3...
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