Harnessing the mouse to unravel the genetics of human disease

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 14-26

  Phillips, T J ^a,b   Belknap, J K ^a,b   Hitzemann, R J ^a,b   Buck, K J ^a   Cunningham, C L ^a   Crabbe, J C ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical Genetics; ENU mutagenesis; Epistasis; Gene expression; Genomics; Inbred strains; QTL mapping; Selected lines

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BREEDING METHOD; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COMPLEX DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPISTASIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRAIT; INTERNET; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MUTATION;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICE; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 0002112856     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1601-1848.2001.00011.x     Document Type: Review

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