Maternofetal and neonatal copper requirements revealed by enterocyte-specific deletion of the Menkes disease protein.
Wang Y, Zhu S, Hodgkinson V, Prohaska JR, Weisman GA, Gitlin JD, Petris MJ.
Wang Y, et al. Among authors: prohaska jr.
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2012 Dec 1;303(11):G1236-44. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.00339.2012. Epub 2012 Oct 11.
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2012.
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Although mice lacking Atp7a protein within intestinal enterocytes appeared normal at birth, they exhibited profound growth impairment and neurological deterioration as a consequence of copper deficiency, resulting in excessive mortality prior to weaning. ...Enterocyte-spec …
Although mice lacking Atp7a protein within intestinal enterocytes appeared normal at birth, they exhibited profound growth impairment …