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Obviously, mutations in mt-tRNA, mt-rRNA and proteins that affect mitochondrial gene expression will also potentially have pleiotropic effects.
SPARC-null mice and their cells should provide a useful system to investigate how a matricellular protein regulates pleiotropic functions through cell migration and how its absence alters biological processes.
Classic methods of identifying genes involved in neural function include behavioral screening of mutagenized flies, then rescreening candidate lines for pleiotropic effects due to developmental defects.
Recombinant human interleukin-11 (rhIL-11) is a pleiotropic cytokine that regulates the growth and development of hematopoietic stem cells and decreases the proinflammatory mediators of cytokine and nitric oxide production [ 1].
The Chr 10 locus clearly has pleiotropic effects on the CNS, but its effect on the striatum is more intense.