Analysis of compound heterozygous mice reveals that the Trembler mutation can behave as a gain-of-function allele

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 671-680

  Adlkofer, Katrin ^a   Naef, Roland ^a   Suter, Ueli ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Charcot Marie Tooth disease; Dejerine Sottas Syndrome; Trembler mutation

Indexed keywords

DNA; MYELIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENOTYPE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEREDITARY MOTOR AND SENSORY NEUROPATHIES; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTAGENESIS; MYELIN PROTEINS; MYELIN SHEATH; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 0030883723     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19970915)49:6<671::AID-JNR2>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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