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Winged helix transcription factor BF-1 is essential for the development of the cerebral hemispheres.
Neuron - 1 Jun 1995
Xuan S, Baptista C A, Balas G, Tao W, Soares V C, Lai E
Abstract excerpt
We generated mice with a null mutation of the forebrain-restricted transcription factor BF-1 to examine its function in brain development. Heterozygous animals have an apparently normal phenotype. Homozygous null BF-1 mutants die at birth and have a dramatic reduction in the size of the cerebral hemispheres. The development of the ventral telencephalon is more severely affected than that of the dorsal...
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