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Abstract
CUL4B, a member of the cullin-RING ubiquitin ligase family, is frequently mutated in X-linked mental retardation (XLMR) patients. The study by Liu et al. showed that Cul4b plays an essential developmental role in the extra-embryonic tissues, while it is dispensable in the embryo proper during mouse embryogenesis. Viable Cul4b-null mice provide the first animal model to study neuronal and behavioral deficiencies seen in human CUL4B XLMR patients.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22584258 PMCID: PMC3411174 DOI: 10.1038/cr.2012.79
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Res ISSN: 1001-0602 Impact factor: 25.617