Impact of genomics on research in the rat

Genome Research

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1717-1728

  Lazar, Jozef ^a   Moreno, Carol ^a   Jacob, Howard J ^a   Kwitek, Anne E ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; NAKED DNA; RECOMBINANT DNA;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONGENIC STRAIN; DATA BASE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC MODEL; GENOMICS; INBRED STRAIN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENOME; GENOMICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RATS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 28844468819     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.3744005     Document Type: Review

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