Disruption of the mouse necdin gene results in early post-natal lethality

Nature Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 199-202

  Gérard, Matthieu ^a,b   Hernandez, Lidia ^a   Wevrick, Rachel ^c   Stewart, Colin L ^a  

^a Basic Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN;

ALLELISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISOMY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOSS; GENE MAPPING; LETHALITY; MALE; MOUSE; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CROSSES, GENETIC; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0345062183     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/13828     Document Type: Article

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