Type | MGI:General | Description | the rate of 5-mm excisional wound closure (made by with a punch biopsy tool in the dorsal skin with hair follicles removed) in mutants is significantly increased; the hyperproliferative epithelium at the leading edge of induced wounds is in closer apposition in mutant mice by day 4 compared to controls, and most cutaneous wounds are completely healed by day 11 while wounds in control mice are still closing |