Genetic determination of cardiac mass in normotensive rats results from an F344 x WKY cross

Hypertension

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 949-953

  Sebkhi, Abdelkrim ^a   Zhao, Lan ^a   Lu, Long ^a   Haley, Christopher S ^a,b   Nunez, Derek J R ^a   Wilkins, Martin R ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac mass; Chromosome; Genes; Genetics; Heart hypertrophy; Rats, inbred strains

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOTYPE; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RAT;

EID: 0032916643     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.33.4.949     Document Type: Article

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