Lateralization defects (Situs anomalies) are often associated with congenital heart defects and possibly causal for their genesis. Animal models deliver important insights into the understanding of the lateralization process. One of these animal models, the transgenic inv-mouse, developed lateralization defects after disruption of the inv-gene. In this dissertation a mutation-analysis of the human INV-gene (80% homologe to the inv-gene) was performed in a group of 65 patients with lateralization defects. In 2 of the patients a mutation within the INV-gene could be detected, suggesting that the INV-gene is part of the lateralization process in human.
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Lateralization defects (Situs anomalies) are often associated with congenital heart defects and possibly causal for their genesis. Animal models deliver important insights into the understanding of the lateralization process. One of these animal models, the transgenic inv-mouse, developed lateralization defects after disruption of the inv-gene. In this dissertation a mutation-analysis of the human INV-gene (80% homologe to the inv-gene) was performed in a group of 65 patients with lateralization...
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