Functional screening of an asthma QTL in YAC transgenic mice

Nature Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 241-244

  Symula, Derek J ^a   Frazer, Kelly A ^a   Ueda, Yukihiko ^a   Denefle, Patrice ^c   Stevens, Mary E ^a   Wang, Zhi En ^b   Locksley, Richard ^b   Rubin, Edward M ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 14; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE DOSAGE; GENOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, YEAST; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-4; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RNA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TH2 CELLS;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032830640     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/13880     Document Type: Article

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