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SUBMITTER: Leow CC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2742870 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Leow Ching Ching CC Wang Bu-Er BE Ross Jed J Chan Sara M SM Zha Jiping J Carano Richard A D RA Frantz Gretchen G Shen Michael M MM de Sauvage Frederic J FJ Gao Wei-Qiang WQ
The Journal of biological chemistry 20090603 31
Krüppel-like factor 6 (Klf6) belongs to a family of zinc finger transcription factors known to play a role in development and tumor suppression. Although Klf6 is highly mutated in prostate cancer, its function in prostate development is unknown. We have generated a prostate-specific Klf6-deficient mouse model and report here a novel role for Klf6 in the regulation of prostate branching morphogenesis. Importantly, our study reveals a novel relationship between Klf6 and the Shh pathway. Klf6-defic ...[more]