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Behavioural effects of extracellular matrix protein Fras1 depletion in the mouse.
The European journal of neuroscience - 1 Jun 2021
Kalpachidou Theodora, Makrygiannis Apostolos K, Pavlakis Evangelos, Stylianopoulou Fotini, Chalepakis Georges, Stamatakis Antonios
Abstract excerpt
Fras1 is an extracellular protein of the basement membranes that surround embryonic epithelia, choroid plexuses and meninges in foetal mouse brain. Depletion of Fras1 in knockout mice results in sub-epidermal blistering and fusion of eyelids and digits as well as malformation of lungs and kidneys. Mutations in the human counterpart FRAS1 are responsible for the Fraser Syndrome with clinical manifestations similar...
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