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Paired-related homeobox genes cooperate in handplate and hindlimb zeugopod morphogenesis.
Developmental biology - 1 Jan 1999
Lu M F, Cheng H T, Lacy A R, Kern M J, Argao E A, Potter S S, Olson E N, Martin J F
Abstract excerpt
The closely related homeobox genes prx-1 and prx-2 are expressed in lateral plate and limb bud mesoderm, but targeted inactivation of these genes failed to demonstrate a limb phenotype. Here we report that mice carrying compound mutations in prx-1 and prx-2 have severe limb deformities. In the forelimb autopod, pre- and postaxial polydactyly were found most commonly, but also syndactyly, oligodactyly, and...
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