Apparent normal phenotype of Fgf6-/- mice.
To study the role of the sixth member of the FGF (fibroblast growth factor) family whose expression is restricted to skeletal muscle, we have derived mouse mutants with a homozygous disruption of the Fgf6 gene. The animals are viable, fertile and apparently normal, indicating that FGF6 is not required for vital functions in the laboratory mouse.
Fiore
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Laboratoire d'Oncologie Moléculaire, U119 INSERM, Marseille, France.
Planche
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J
Gibier
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P
Sebille
A
A
deLapeyrière
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O
Birnbaum
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D
D000818:Animals; D001755:Blastocyst / Q000378:metabolism; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005260:Female; D051522:Fibroblast Growth Factor 6; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D018390:Gene Targeting / Q000379:methods; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D005838:Genotype; D006720:Homozygote; D007763:Lac Operon / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000196:embryology / Q000502:physiology*; D010641:Phenotype; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection
C486115:Fgf6 protein, mouse; D051522:Fibroblast Growth Factor 6; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors