New retinal light damage QTL in mice with the light-sensitive RPE65 LEU variant

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 277-283

  Danciger, Michael ^a   Lyon, Jessica ^a   Worrill, Danielle ^a   Hoffman, Sara ^a   Lem, Janis ^b,c   Reme, Charlotte E ^d   Wenzel, Andreas ^d   Grimm, Christian ^d  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN; RPE65 LEU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME 6; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; GENE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; LIGHT DAMAGE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA INJURY; RPE65 LEU GENE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; DNA; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; LEUCINE; LIGHT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PROTEINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RETINA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1842452094     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00335-003-2336-2     Document Type: Article

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