09 August 2024
Taf1 Made Easier
Knocking out a gene called Taf1 in mice is lethal for males at early embryo stage while females with one knocked out copy of the gene show weight gain and impaired movement – insight and a new tool for investigating the disorders caused by TAF1 mutation in humans
Read the published research article here
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- Image from work by Elisa M. Crombie and Andrea J. Korecki, and colleagues
- Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK; Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics at BC Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Published in Disease Models & Mechanisms, July 2024
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