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Spatial and temporal deletion reveals a latent effect of Megf8 on the left-right patterning and heart development.
Differentiation; research in biological diversity - 1 Jan 2000
Wang Wenfeng, Zheng Xiaoling, Song Hejie, Yang Junjie, Liu Xiangyang, Wang Ye, Zhang Min, Zhang Zhen
Abstract excerpt
Laterality disease is frequently associated with congenital heart disease (CHD). However, it is unclear what is behind this association, a pleiotropic effect of common genetic causes of laterality diseases or the impact of abnormal left-right patterning on the downstream cardiovascular development. MEGF8 is a disease gene of Carpenter syndrome characterized by defective lateralization and CHD. Here we performed...
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