Identification of break points in mutated RMP22 gene in a new trembler (TR-Ncnp) mouse

Neuroscience

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 989-991

  Sakai, Y ^a   Nakabayashi, O ^a   Kikuchi, T ^a   Wada, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYELIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL;

EID: 0032889851     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00402-3     Document Type: Note

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