Hereditary keratoconus-like keratopathy in Japanese wild mice mapped to mouse Chromosome 13

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 692-695

  Tachibana, Masayoshi ^a   Okamoto, Mieko ^b   Sakamoto, Michihiro ^a   Matsushima, Yoshibumi ^a  

^a SAITAMA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN; CHEMOTAXIN; CYTOKINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 13; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPATHY; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; CORNEA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE DISEASES, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; JAPAN; KERATOCONUS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS MOLOSSINUS; MUSCULUS;

EID: 12244303618     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00335-002-3031-4     Document Type: Article

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