Genetic modification of hearing in tubby mice: Evidence for the existence of a major gene (moth1) which protects tubby mice from hearing loss

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1761-1767

  Ikeda, Akihiro ^a   Zheng, Qing Yin ^a   Rosenstiel, Philip ^a   Maddatu, Terry ^a   Zuberi, Aamir R ^a   Roopenian, Derry C ^a   North, Michael A ^b   Naggert, Jürgen K ^a   Johnson, Kenneth R ^a   Nishina, Patsy M ^a,c  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Axys Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^c PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CHROMOSOME 2; COCHLEA; CROSSING OVER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; INNER EAR DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RECESSIVE GENE; RETINA DEGENERATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COCHLEA; CROSSES, GENETIC; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENOTYPE; HEARING DISORDERS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PROTEINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032833982     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/8.9.1761     Document Type: Article

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