Airway Hyperresponsiveness to Acetylcholine: Segregation Analysis and Evidence for Linkage to Murine Chromosome 6

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 487-495

  Ewart, Susan L ^a   Mitzner, Wayne ^b   DiSilvestre, Deborah A ^b   Meyers, Deborah A ^b   Levitt, Roy C ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; SATELLITE DNA;

A J MOUSE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; C3H MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUSE; PHENOTYPE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA, SATELLITE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED A; MICE, INBRED C3H; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0030138238     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.14.5.8624254     Document Type: Article

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