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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Sylvain Pradervand
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-104 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Cell 20040401 3
Human mutations in Nkx2-5 lead to progressive cardiomyopathy and conduction defects via unknown mechanisms. To define these pathways, we generated mice with a ventricular-restricted knockout of Nkx2-5, which display no structural defects but have progressive complete heart block, and massive trabecular muscle overgrowth found in some patients with Nkx2-5 mutations. At birth, mutant mice display a hypoplastic atrioventricular (AV) node and then develop selective dropout of these conduction cells. ...[more]