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, Valencia, CA, USA). Total RNA was extracted from the whole femurs, using TRIzol http://www.selleck.cn/products/s-gsk1349572.html Plus RNA Purification System (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA) and used for first-strand cDNA synthesis, using High Capacity cDNA Reverse Transcription Kit (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA). The cDNA was subsequently used for quantification of Fgf23 expression by probe-based quantitative PCR, using TaqMan Gene Expression Master Mix in the 7900HT Fast Real-Time PCR System (Applied Biosystems). To identify genes stably expressed across various mice, 10 different ��housekeeping�� genes (18s, Actb, B2m, Gapdh, Gusb, Hmbs, Hprt, Sdha, Tbp, and Tfrc) were amplified in eight cDNA samples each of male and female wild-type, Phex mutant, Galnt3 knockout, and Galnt3/Phex double-mutant mice (both 4 and 12 weeks old). The most stable gene, Tbp (TATA box binding protein), determined by NormFinder,34 was used to normalize the expression of Fgf23. Relative gene expression was determined by analyzing the data using the relative standard curve method. Probe-based quantitative real-time PCR assays were designed using Integrated DNA Technologies SciTools (Coralville, IA, USA). The forward primer, probe, and reverse sequences http://www.selleckchem.com/products/z-vad-fmk.html were: GGTGATAACAGGAGCCATGAC, TCAGCCCAGAGAATTGCAAGTTCCG, and TGCTTCTGCGACAAGTAGAC for Fgf23 (NCBI Reference Sequence: NM_022657) and AAGAAAGGGAGAATCATGGACC, CCTGAGCATAAGGTGGAAGGCTGTT, and GAGTAAGTCCTGTGCCGTAAG for Tbp (NCBI Reference Sequence: NM_013684). Sequences for other genes are available upon request. Means, standard deviations, and standard errors were calculated for all outcome measures by genotype. Differences between the 12 genotypic groups were tested for significance using analysis of variance (ANOVA). When the ANOVA p values were significant, differences between two groups were tested for significance using unpaired Student's t test. Because of significant differences between sexes and ages, the between-genotype comparisons were made for each sex and age separately. P values? http://www.selleckchem.com/products/ly2157299.html and the presence of both Galnt3 and Phex mutations had no effect on the survival of these mice up to 12 weeks. The presence of Galnt3 heterozygosity by itself had no major effects on the phenotype of the mice, and the mean values for various measurements were comparable between wild-type littermates and Galnt3 heterozygotes (Supplemental Figs. S1�CS3). Therefore, phenotypic comparisons were limited to four main groups within each sex: wild-type, Galnt3 knockout (Galnt3?/?), Phex mutant (Phex?/Y and +/?), and double-mutant (Galnt3?/?, Phex?/Y, or Galnt3?/?, Phex+/?). Phex mutant mice had characteristic short, stubby tails (Fig. 1A).