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A mutation in the mouse ttc26 gene leads to impaired hedgehog signaling.
PLoS genetics - 1 Oct 2014
Swiderski Ruth E, Nakano Yoko, Mullins Robert F, Seo Seongjin, Bánfi Botond
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The phenotype of the spontaneous mutant mouse hop-sterile (hop) is characterized by a hopping gait, polydactyly, hydrocephalus, and male sterility. Previous analyses of the hop mouse revealed a deficiency of inner dynein arms in motile cilia and a lack of sperm flagella, potentially accounting for the hydrocephalus and male sterility. The etiology of the other phenotypes and the location of the hop mutation...
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