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Retinoid X receptors are essential for early mouse development and placentogenesis.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 19 Jan 1999
Wendling O, Chambon P, Mark M
Abstract excerpt
Embryos carrying null mutations of both retinoid X receptors alpha and beta (RXRalpha-/-/RXRbeta-/- mutants) were generated. These mutant embryos die between 9.5 and 10.5 days of gestation and display a wide range of abnormalities. The cause of the lethality appears to be the lack of formation of the labyrinthine zone of the chorioallantoic placenta. In a thorough analysis of mutant conceptuses, we establish that...
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