Mice lacking the giant protocadherin mFAT1 exhibit renal slit junction abnormalities and a partially penetrant cyclopia and anophthalmia phenotype

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 3575-3582

  Ciani, Lorenza ^a   Patel, Anjla ^a   Allen, Nicholas D ^b   Ffrench Constant, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; PROTEIN MFAT1; PROTOCADHERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHTHALMIA; ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CELL JUNCTION; CYCLOPIA; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; GLOMERULUS; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; LETHALITY; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CROSSES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENES, REPORTER; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; KIDNEY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; CYCLOPIA; GLOMERULUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0038641811     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.10.3575-3582.2003     Document Type: Article

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