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Clcn7F318L/+ as a new mouse model of Albers-Schönberg disease.
Bone - 1 Dec 2017
Caetano-Lopes J, Lessard S G, Hann S, Espinoza K, Kang K S, Lim K E, Horan D J, Noonan H R, Hu D, Baron R, Robling A G, Warman M L
Abstract excerpt
Dominant negative mutations in CLCN7, which encodes a homodimeric chloride channel needed for matrix acidification by osteoclasts, cause Albers-Schönberg disease (also known as autosomal dominant osteopetrosis type 2). More than 25 different CLCN7 mutations have been identified in patients affected with Albers-Schönberg disease, but only one mutation (Clcn7G213R) has been introduced in mice to create an animal...
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