Mice deficient in Six5 develop cataracts: Implications for myotonic dystrophy

Nature Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 105-109

  Klesert, Todd R ^a,b   Cho, Diane H ^a   Clark, John I ^b   Maylie, James ^c   Adelman, John ^c   Snider, Lauren ^a   Yuen, Eric C ^b   Soriano, Philippe ^a   Tapscott, Stephen J ^a,b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHROMOSOME 19; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE LOCUS; MOUSE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; CATARACT; EXONS; GENE TARGETING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034019306     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/75490     Document Type: Article

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