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This finding was unexpected in light of the severe cartilage defects in Hoxc-8 transgenic mice [ 1 ] . However, the possibility remained that, despite apparently normal maturation, proliferation of chondrocytes could be affected by the Hoxc-8 overexpression.
GOVERNMENT WARNING: (1) According to the Surgeon General, women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of the risk of birth defects.
Schapira has devised a classification scheme for mitochondrial defects [ 8] based primarily on whether or not the affected gene product is directly involved in oxidative phosphorylation and whether it is encoded by mtDNA or nuclear DNA.
The range of phenotypes varied from specific defects in the actin and tubulin cytoskeleton to others affecting cell cycle progression, cytokinesis, and cell shape.
Perturbations in CD8 +T-cell maturation have been shown for HIV-specific CD8 +T cells, in which there is an accumulation of preterminally differentiated CD45RA -CD62L -CD8 +T cells [ 12 16 ] , and such a lack of differentiation may result in functional or homing defects.