digestive/alimentary system
• heights of enterocytes in the proximal and distal small intestine are lower in mutants compared to wild-type; cells are smaller both proximally and distally in mutants
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• in mutants, the density of Paneth cells (number/crypt) is significantly less than wild-type in both the proximal and distal small intestine
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• in mutants, the bowel wall is thinner than in wild-type mice: thickness of the circular and longitudinal layers of muscle is less in proximal and distal small intestine of mutants due to presence of thinner muscle cells in mutants
• muscle cells of mutants appear to have fewer thin filaments
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muscle
• in mutants, the bowel wall is thinner than in wild-type mice: thickness of the circular and longitudinal layers of muscle is less in proximal and distal small intestine of mutants due to presence of thinner muscle cells in mutants
• muscle cells of mutants appear to have fewer thin filaments
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endocrine/exocrine glands
• in mutants, the density of Paneth cells (number/crypt) is significantly less than wild-type in both the proximal and distal small intestine
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