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Quantification of shape and cell polarity reveals a novel mechanism underlying malformations resulting from related FGF mutations during facial morphogenesis.
Human molecular genetics - 20 Dec 2013
Li Xin, Young Nathan M, Tropp Stephen, Hu Diane, Xu Yanhua, Hallgrímsson Benedikt, Marcucio Ralph S
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Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling mutations are a frequent contributor to craniofacial malformations including midfacial anomalies and craniosynostosis. FGF signaling has been shown to control cellular mechanisms that contribute to facial morphogenesis and growth such as proliferation, survival, migration and differentiation. We hypothesized that FGF signaling not only controls the magnitude of growth...
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