Comment on

• Osf2/Cbfa1: a transcriptional activator of osteoblast differentiation.

  Ducy P, Zhang R, Geoffroy V, Ridall AL, Karsenty G. Ducy P, et al. Cell. 1997 May 30;89(5):747-54. doi: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80257-3. Cell. 1997. PMID: 9182762
• Targeted disruption of Cbfa1 results in a complete lack of bone formation owing to maturational arrest of osteoblasts.

  Komori T, Yagi H, Nomura S, Yamaguchi A, Sasaki K, Deguchi K, Shimizu Y, Bronson RT, Gao YH, Inada M, Sato M, Okamoto R, Kitamura Y, Yoshiki S, Kishimoto T. Komori T, et al. Cell. 1997 May 30;89(5):755-64. doi: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80258-5. Cell. 1997. PMID: 9182763
• Cbfa1, a candidate gene for cleidocranial dysplasia syndrome, is essential for osteoblast differentiation and bone development.

  Otto F, Thornell AP, Crompton T, Denzel A, Gilmour KC, Rosewell IR, Stamp GW, Beddington RS, Mundlos S, Olsen BR, Selby PB, Owen MJ. Otto F, et al. Cell. 1997 May 30;89(5):765-71. doi: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80259-7. Cell. 1997. PMID: 9182764
• Mutations involving the transcription factor CBFA1 cause cleidocranial dysplasia.

  Mundlos S, Otto F, Mundlos C, Mulliken JB, Aylsworth AS, Albright S, Lindhout D, Cole WG, Henn W, Knoll JH, Owen MJ, Mertelsmann R, Zabel BU, Olsen BR. Mundlos S, et al. Cell. 1997 May 30;89(5):773-9. doi: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80260-3. Cell. 1997. PMID: 9182765