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RET-deficient mice: an animal model for Hirschsprung's disease and renal agenesis.
Journal of internal medicine - 1 Oct 1995
Schuchardt A, D'Agati V, Larsson-Blomberg L, Costantini F, Pachnis V
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Receptor tyrosine kinases play a critical role in transducing signals involved in cell growth and differentiation. The c-ret proto-oncogene is a member of the receptor tyrosine kinase gene superfamily originally identified by its transforming ability. Somatic mutations of c-ret are responsible for a large proportion of thyroid papillary carcinomas, while germ-line mutations are responsible for multiple endocrine...
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