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Birth defects, a heterogeneous grouping of defects recorded in hospital delivery records, were included given that affected infants are reported to have lighter or heavier birth weights depending upon the nature of the defect.
Consistent with previously published results, a mig1Δ mutant had a nine- to-fourteen fold increase in SUC2 mRNA levels while a mig2Δ mutant had no detectable defect in glucose repression of SUC2 [ 4, 12].
However, the logical defect is not hard to spot.
Further investigation revealed an autosomal-dominant inherited defect in the anticoagulant function of factor V resulting in resistance to the anticoagulant action of activated protein C (APC) [ 18].
Although the long period of impeded ingrowth of SPARC-null cells after wounding already suggested defect in cell migration rather than cell proliferation, we determined cell migration in the absence of cell proliferation.