A genetic risk factor for mouse neural tube defects: Defining the embryonic basis

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 575-581

  Fleming, Angeleen ^a,b   Copp, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; EMBRYO; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; HOMOZYGOTE; INBREEDING; MOUSE; NEURAL TUBE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034161971     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/9.4.575     Document Type: Article

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