Targeted deletion of the tub mouse obesity gene reveals that tubby is a loss-of-function mutation

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 878-882

  Stubdal, Hilde ^a   Lynch, Catherine A ^a   Moriarty, Ann ^a   Fang, Qing ^a   Chickering, Troy ^a   Deeds, James D ^a   Fairchild Huntress, Victoria ^a   Charlat, Olga ^a   Dunmore, Judy H ^a   Kleyn, Patrick ^a   Huszar, Dennis ^a   Kapeller, Rosana ^a  

^a MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; DNA; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TUB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; INNER EAR DISEASE; MALE; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA DEGENERATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; COCHLEA; EXONS; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOTE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RETINA; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0033971939     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.3.878-882.2000     Document Type: Article

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