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Disruption of a Sox9-β-catenin circuit by mutant Fgfr3 in thanatophoric dysplasia type II.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Nov 2012
Shung Chia-Yi, Ota Sara, Zhou Zi-Qiang, Keene Douglas R, Hurlin Peter J
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Mutations in fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptors are responsible for a variety of skeletal birth defects, but the underlying mechanisms responsible remain unclear. Using a mouse model of thanatophoric dysplasia type II in which FGFR3(K650E) expression was directed to the appendicular skeleton, we show that the mutant receptor caused a block in chondrocyte differentiation specifically at the prehypertrophic...
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