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Functional rescue of the glomerulosclerosis phenotype in Mpv17 mice by transgenesis with the human Mpv17 homologue.
Kidney international - 1 Jul 1995
Schenkel J, Zwacka R M, Rutenberg C, Reuter A, Waldherr R, Weiher H
Abstract excerpt
The germ line insertion of a defective retrovirus into the Mpv17 gene of mice is associated with a recessive phenotype. Mice homozygous for the integration develop glomerulosclerosis at a young age. The phenotype resembles human glomerulosclerosis in its physiological parameters as well as in histology. A human homologue of the Mpv17 gene has been identified, isolated and analyzed. We here show that this gene,...
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