Leucine-rich repeat-containing G protein-coupled receptor-4 (LGR4, Gpr48) is essential for renal development in mice

Nephron - Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Kato, Shigeki ^a   Matsubara, Mitsunobu ^b   Matsuo, Tsuyoshi ^a   Mohri, Yasuaki ^a   Kazama, Itsuro ^b   Hatano, Ryo ^b   Umezawa, Akihiro ^c   Nishimori, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

G protein coupled receptor; Glycoprotein hormone receptor homology; Leucine rich repeat containing; Leucine rich repeats; Renal hypoplasia

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT CONTAINING G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EMBRYO DEATH; GENE; GENOTYPE; HEART WEIGHT; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY HYPOPLASIA; KIDNEY MASS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LGR4 GENE; LIVER WEIGHT; LOXP SITE; LUNG WEIGHT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SPLEEN WEIGHT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; TESTIS WEIGHT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; KIDNEY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 33749008767     PISSN: 16602129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093999     Document Type: Article

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