Brca1 deficiency results in early embryonic lethality characterized by neuroepithelial abnormalities

Nature Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-194

  Gowen, Lori C ^a   Johnson, B Lee ^b   Latour, Anne M ^b   Sulik, Kathleen K ^a   Koller, Beverly H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANENCEPHALUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; LETHALITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANENCEPHALY; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRCA1 PROTEIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; GENES, LETHAL; HOMOZYGOTE; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030051903     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0296-191     Document Type: Article

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