Retinal degeneration but not obesity is observed in null mutants of the tubby-like protein 1 gene

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-163

  Ikeda, Sakae ^c   Shiva, Nima ^a   Ikeda, Akihiro ^c   Smith, Richard S ^c   Nusinowitz, Steven ^b   Yan, Grace ^a   Lin, T Richard ^a   Chu, Sunny ^a   Heckenlively, John R ^b   North, Michael A ^a   Naggert, Jürgen K ^c   Nishina, Patsy M ^c   Duyao, Mabel P ^a  

^a Axys Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^b JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HEARING; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033978890     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/9.2.155     Document Type: Article

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