mortality/aging
• lethality manifests at about E8.5-E11
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embryo
• placental development is abnormal
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cardiovascular system
• embryos display defects in vasculogenesis
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cellular
• at low densities, cells do not form colonies efficiently
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• MEFs prepared from mutant embryos cultured under 3T9 or 3T3 protocols show a consistent increase in G1 content and a reciprocal reduction in G2
• MEFs fail to undergo growth arrest at later passages in contrast to wild-type and heterozygous MEFs, showing unabated growth after 40 doublings
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