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ReviewJournal of biology2008

NFIX--one gene, two knockouts, multiple effects.

Vladimir Pekarik, Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte

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Review in Journal of biology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. [Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Vladimir PekarikCenter of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona, Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A previous knockout of the transcription factor gene nuclear factor IX (NFIX) in mice produced impaired development of the corpus callosum and severe skeletal defects. A recent paper in BMC Developmental Biology reports an apparently similar NFIX knockout that produced marked differences in phenotype, raising intriguing general questions about the possible causes of such differences in mouse knockouts.

Indexed as

Agenesis of Corpus CallosumGene SilencingAnimalsBone and BonesHydrocephalusMiceMice, KnockoutNFI Transcription FactorsOsteogenesisNFI Transcription FactorsNfix protein, mouse

Identifiers

PMID18983696
PMCPMC2776400

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