A new mouse limb mutation identifies a Twist allele that requires interacting loci on Chromosome 4 for its phenotypic expression

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 797-804

  Blanc, Isabelle ^a   Bach, Antoine ^a   Lallemand, Yvan ^a   Perrin Schmitt, Fabienne ^b   Guénet, Jean Louis ^c   Robert, Benoît ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLNITROSOUREA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 4; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HINDLIMB; LIMB MALFORMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYDACTYLY;

EID: 0345059214     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00335-003-2284-x     Document Type: Article

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