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Fol. Biol. 2010, 56, 58-65

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2010056020058

Impairment of Sox9 Expression in Limb Buds of Rats Homozygous for Hypodactyly Mutation

František Liška1, P. Šnajdr2, S. Stricker3, C. Gosele4, D. Křenová1, S. Mundlos3, N. Hubner4

1Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Biology and Medical Genetics, Prague, Czech Republic
2Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Anatomy, Prague, Czech Republic
3Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
4Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), Berlin, Germany

Received June 2009
Accepted June 2009

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