Identifying novel genes for atherosclerosis through mouse-human comparative genetics

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Wang, Xiaosong ^a   Ishimori, Naoki ^b   Korstanje, Ron ^c   Rollins, Jarod ^a   Paigen, Beverly ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOINFORMATICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; LIPID DIET; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW;

EID: 20544467972     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/431656     Document Type: Review

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