Breeding Severely Vitamin B12-Deficient Mice as Model Animals

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-63

  Kawata, Tetsunori ^a   Funada, Ulala ^b   Wada, Masahiro ^b   Matsushita, Masanao ^a   Sanai, Tomoko ^a   Yamada, Hideaki ^c   Kuwamori, Masanori ^c   Arai, Kumiko ^d   Yamamoto, Yuji ^d   Tanaka, Nobuo ^e   Tadokoro, Tadahiro ^d   Maekawa, Akio ^d  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JOSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Mimasaka University   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^e Tsunan Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

B12 concentration; B12 deficient mice; Methylmalonic acid; MMA; Testicular morphology

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LACTATION; LIVER; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; URINARY EXCRETION; WEANING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 12144290742     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831.74.1.57     Document Type: Article

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