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Fgf-10 is required for both limb and lung development and exhibits striking functional similarity to Drosophila branchless.
Genes & development - 15 Oct 1998
Min H, Danilenko D M, Scully S A, Bolon B, Ring B D, Tarpley J E, DeRose M, Simonet W S
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Fgf-10-deficient mice (Fgf-10(-/-)) were generated to determine the role(s) of Fgf-10 in vertebrate development. Limb bud initiation was abolished in Fgf-10(-/-) mice. Strikingly, Fgf-10(-/-) fetuses continued to develop until birth, despite the complete absence of both fore- and hindlimbs. Fgf-10 is necessary for apical ectodermal ridge (AER) formation and acts epistatically upstream of Fgf-8, the earliest known...
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