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Craniofacial shape variation in Twist1+/- mutant mice.
Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) - 1 May 2014
Parsons Trish E, Weinberg Seth M, Khaksarfard Kameron, Howie R Nicole, Elsalanty Mohammed, Yu Jack C, Cray James J
Abstract excerpt
Craniosynostosis (CS) is a relatively common birth defect resulting from the premature fusion of one or more cranial sutures. Human genetic studies have identified several genes in association with CS. One such gene that has been implicated in both syndromic (Saethre-Chotzen syndrome) and nonsyndromic forms of CS in humans is TWIST1. In this study, a heterozygous Twist1 knock out (Twist1(+/-) ) mouse model was...
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