Genome-wide scan for interacting loci affecting human cholesteryl ester transfer protein-induced hypercholesterolemia in transgenic human cholesteryl ester transfer protein F2-intercross rats

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1608-1612

  Herrera, Victoria L M ^a   Ponce, Lorenz R B ^a   Ruiz Opazo, Nelson ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesteryl ester transfer protein; Dahl rat; Gene interaction; Genetics; Quantitative trait locus; Total cholesterol

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 9; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAHL SALT SENSITIVE RAT; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOME; HYBRID; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSGENIC RAT;

EID: 34447337205     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328182df1a     Document Type: Article

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