A defect in early myogenesis causes Otitis media in two mouse models of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1869-1882

  Fuchs, Jennifer C ^a   Linden, Jennifer F ^b   Baldini, Antonio ^c   Tucker, Abigail S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE; CHROMOSOME 22Q11.2 DELETION SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTION TEST; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPLASIA; INFLAMMATION; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOD GENE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

MUS;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EUSTACHIAN TUBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; OTITIS MEDIA;

EID: 84926433133     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddu604     Document Type: Article

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