Dwarfism Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Dwarfism, including details on genetics, diet, mental and motor development.

Volume 4 (2008), Issue 2 (February)

1. XND1, a member of the NAC domain family in Arabidopsis thaliana, negatively regulates lignocellulose synthesis and programmed cell death in xylem.
   Plant J, 53(3): 425-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Rates of perioperative complications associated with laminectomies in patients with achondroplasia.
   J Bone Joint Surg Am, 90(2): 295-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. NEMO shuttle: a link between DNA damage and NF-kappaB activation in progeroid syndromes?
   Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 367(4): 715-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Mutations in the pericentrin (PCNT) gene cause primordial dwarfism.
   Science, 319(5864): 816-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Arabidopsis VPS35, a Retromer Component, is Required for Vacuolar Protein Sorting and Involved in Plant Growth and Leaf Senescence.
   Plant Cell Physiol, 49(2): 142-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. A new disorder in UV-induced skin cancer with defective DNA repair distinct from xeroderma pigmentosum or Cockayne syndrome.
   J Invest Dermatol, 128(3): 694-701. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Over-expression of a gibberellin 2-oxidase gene from Phaseolus coccineus L. enhances gibberellin inactivation and induces dwarfism in Solanum species.
   Plant Cell Rep, 27(3): 463-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Diffuse lymphoplasmacytic bronchiolitis in cartilage-hair hypoplasia.
   J Pediatr, 152(3): 429-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. P2Y receptors activated by diadenosine polyphosphates reestablish Ca(2+) transients in achondroplasic chondrocytes.
   Bone, 42(3): 516-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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