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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Toshiyuki Fukada
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-10555 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Fukada Toshiyuki T Civic Natacha N Furuichi Tatsuya T Shimoda Shinji S Mishima Kenji K Higashiyama Hiroyuki H Idaira Yayoi Y Asada Yoshinobu Y Kitamura Hiroshi H Yamasaki Satoru S Hojyo Shintaro S Nakayama Manabu M Ohara Osamu O Koseki Haruhiko H Dos Santos Heloisa G HG Bonafe Luisa L Ha-Vinh Russia R Zankl Andreas A Unger Sheila S Kraenzlin Marius E ME Beckmann Jacques S JS Saito Ichiro I Rivolta Carlo C Ikegawa Shiro S Superti-Furga Andrea A Hirano Toshio T
PloS one 20081105 11
<h4>Background</h4>Zinc (Zn) is an essential trace element and it is abundant in connective tissues, however biological roles of Zn and its transporters in those tissues and cells remain unknown.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>Here we report that mice deficient in Zn transporter Slc39a13/Zip13 show changes in bone, teeth and connective tissue reminiscent of the clinical spectrum of human Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS). The Slc39a13 knockout (Slc39a13-KO) mice show defects in the maturation ...[more]