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Mice lacking tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (Acp 5) have disrupted endochondral ossification and mild osteopetrosis.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Oct 1996
Hayman A R, Jones S J, Boyde A, Foster D, Colledge W H, Carlton M B, Evans M J, Cox T M
Abstract excerpt
Mature osteoclasts specifically express the purple, band 5 isozyme (Acp 5) of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase, a binuclear metalloenzyme that can generate reactive oxygen species. The function of Acp 5 was investigated by targeted disruption of the gene in mice. Animals homozygous for the null Acp 5 allele had progressive foreshortening and deformity of the long bones and axial skeleton but apparently normal...
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