Genetic landmarks for defects in mouse neural tube closure

Teratology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 177-187

  Harris, M J ^a   Juriloff, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXENCEPHALY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MULTIFACTORIAL GENETIC DISORDER; NEURAL TUBE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNDROME; SYNTENY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030716384     PISSN: 00403709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9926(199709)56:3<177::AID-TERA1>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Review

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