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Embryonic lethality and liver degeneration in mice lacking the metal-responsive transcriptional activator MTF-1.
The EMBO journal - 15 May 1998
Günes C, Heuchel R, Georgiev O, Müller K H, Lichtlen P, Blüthmann H, Marino S, Aguzzi A, Schaffner W
Abstract excerpt
We have shown previously that the heavy metal-responsive transcriptional activator MTF-1 regulates the basal and heavy metal-induced expression of metallothioneins. To investigate the physiological function of MTF-1, we generated null mutant mice by targeted gene disruption. Embryos lacking MTF-1 die in utero at approximately day 14 of gestation. They show impaired development of hepatocytes and, at later stages,...
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