Genetic alterations at the Bpag1 locus in dt mice and their impact on transcript expression

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 909-917

  Pool, Madeline ^a,b   Larivière, Céline Boudreau ^a,b,d   Bernier, Gilbert ^c   Young, Kevin G ^a,b   Kothary, Rashmi ^a,b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID ANTIGEN 1; GENOMIC DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BPAG1 GENE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EXON; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUSCLE; MUTATION RATE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DYSTONIA MUSCULORUM DEFORMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 28744440040     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: 14321777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00335-005-0073-4     Document Type: Article

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