A mouse model for Prader-Willi syndrome imprinting-centre mutations

Nature Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-31

  Yang, Tao ^a   Adamson, Todd E ^a   Resnick, James L ^a   Leff, Stuart ^b   Wevrick, Rachel ^c   Francke, Uta ^d   Jenkins, Nancy A ^e   Copeland, Neal G ^e   Brannan, Camilynn I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CELL GENESYS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 15Q; EMBRYO; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0031747932     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0598-25     Document Type: Article

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