Mutation responsible for the mouse pygmy phenotype in the developmentally regulated factor HMGI-C.

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Mutation responsible for the mouse pygmy phenotype in the developmentally regulated factor HMGI-C.

Nature - 31 Aug 1995

Zhou X, Benson K F, Ashar H R, Chada K

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Growth is one of the fundamental aspects in the development of an organism. Classical genetic studies have isolated four viable, spontaneous mouse mutants disrupted in growth, leading to dwarfism. Pygmy is unique among these mutants because its phenotype cannot be explained by aberrations in the...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Base Sequence
Cloning, Molecular
DNA Primers
Embryonic and Fetal Development
Growth Disorders
High Mobility Group Proteins
Mice
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Phenotype

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