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Knockout Mice: Is It Just Genetics? Effect of Enriched Housing on Fibulin-4(+/−) Mice

BACKGROUND: Fibulin-4 is an extracellular matrix protein expressed by vascular smooth muscle cells that is essential for maintaining arterial integrity. Fibulin-4(−/−) mice die just before birth due to arterial hemorrhage, but fibulin-4(+/−) mice appear to be outwardly normal. Experiments were there...

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Autores principales: Cudilo, Elizabeth, Al Naemi, Hamda, Marmorstein, Lihua, Baldwin, Ann L.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1794134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17311093
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000229