Abnormalities of copper accumulation in cell lines established from nine different alleles of mottled are the same as those found in Menkes disease

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 729-732

  Masson, W ^a   Hughes, H ^a   Papworth, D ^a   Boyd, Y ^a   Horn, N ^b  

^a MRC MAMMALIAN GENETICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN F KENNEDY INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ATP7A; Copper; Menkes disease; Mottled

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CELL TRANSPORT; COPPER METABOLISM; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBROBLAST; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; MALE; MENKES SYNDROME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030954683     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.34.9.729     Document Type: Article

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