A Mutation in Endothelin-B Receptor Gene Causes Myenteric Aganglionosis and Coat Color Spotting in Rats

DNA Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-105

  Kunieda, Tetsuo ^a   Kumagai, Taeko ^a   Tsuji, Takehito ^a   Ozaki, Tsuyoshi ^b   Karaki, Hideaki ^c   Ikadai, Hiroshi ^d  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Imamichi Institute for Animal Reproduction   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aganglionosis; Endothelin B receptor; Rat

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HAIR; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RNA SPLICING; STOP CODON;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON, TERMINATOR; HAIR; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN B; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030606524     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/3.2.101     Document Type: Article

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