Heart defects in NT-3 knockout mice implicate this neurotrophin in cardiac development.
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Srivastava, D., Olson, E. Neurotrophin–3 knocks heart off Trk. Nat Med 2, 1069–1071 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm1096-1069
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