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Neurofibromin-deficient fibroblasts fail to form perineurium in vitro.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Nov 1995
Rosenbaum T, Boissy Y L, Kombrinck K, Brannan C I, Jenkins N A, Copeland N G, Ratner N
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To identify cell type(s) that might contribute to nerve sheath tumors (neurofibromas) in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1, we generated cell cultures containing neurons. Schwann cells and fibroblasts from transgenic mouse embryos in which the type 1 neurofibromatosis gene was disrupted by homologous recombination (Brannan et al. (1994) Genes Development, 8,1019-1029). Normal fascicle formation by...
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