Identification of quantitative trait loci that regulate obesity and serum lipid levels in MRL/MpJ x SJL/J inbred mice

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 123-133

  Srivastava, Apurva K ^a,b   Mohan, Subburaman ^a,b   Masinde, Godfred L ^c   Yu, Hongrun ^a   Baylink, David J ^a,b  

^a Jerry L Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Long Beach Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fat mass; Cholesterol; HDL cholesterol; Triglyceride

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOMICS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; OBESITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 30844459017     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M500295-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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