Further characterization of the Atp7b gene deletion in LEC rats

Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-152

  Wu, Jingshi ^a   Forbes, John R ^c   Cox, Diane W ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Animal model; Copper; Deletion; Deletion breakpoint; LEC rats; Wilson disease

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE DELETION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WILSON DISEASE;

EID: 0030811223     PISSN: 0896548X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-670X(1997)10:2<147::AID-JTRA12>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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