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Social and maternal behavior in mesoderm specific transcript (Mest)-deficient mice.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2022
Anunciado-Koza Rea P, Stohn J Patrizia, Hernandez Arturo, Koza Robert A
Abstract excerpt
Mesoderm specific transcript (Mest)/paternally expressed gene-1 (Peg1) is an imprinted gene expressed predominantly from the paternal allele. Aberrations in maternal behavior were previously reported in a Mest global knockout mouse (Mesttm1Masu). In this study, we performed in-depth social and maternal behavioral testing in a mouse model of Mest inactivation developed in our laboratory (Mesttm1.2Rkz). Mice with...
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