Homozygous loss of menin is well tolerated in liver, a tissue not affected in MEN1

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 872-877

  Scacheri, Peter C ^a   Crabtree, Judy S ^a   Kennedy, Alyssa L ^a   Swain, Gary P ^b   Ward, Jerrold M ^c   Marx, Stephen J ^d   Spiegel, Allen M ^e   Collins, Francis S ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; METHIONINE;

ADULTHOOD; ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GERM LINE GENE THERAPY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; WILD TYPE;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; INTEGRASES; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; LIVER; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 11244318528     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00335-004-2395-z     Document Type: Article

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