Zebrafish model of tuberous sclerosis complex reveals cell-autonomous and non-cell-autonomous functions of mutant tuberin

SUMMARY Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is an autosomal dominant disease caused by mutations in either the TSC1 (encodes hamartin) or TSC2 (encodes tuberin) genes. Patients with TSC have hamartomas in various organs throughout the whole body, most notably in the brain, skin, eye, heart, kidney and...

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Main Authors: Seok-Hyung Kim, Christina K. Speirs, Lilianna Solnica-Krezel, Kevin C. Ess
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists 2011-03-01
Series:Disease Models & Mechanisms
Online Access:http://dmm.biologists.org/content/4/2/255