Mapping genetic loci that regulate lipid levels in a NZB/B1NJ3RF/J intercross and a combined intercross involving NZB/B1NJ, RF/J, MRL/MpJ, and SJL/J mouse strains

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1724-1734

  Wergedal, Jon E ^a,b   Ackert Bicknell, Cheryl L ^c   Beamer, Wesley G ^c   Mohan, Subburaman ^a,b   Baylink, David J ^a   Srivastava, Apurva K ^a,b  

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

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

^c JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Combined cross linkage analysis; High density lipoprotein cholesterol; Quantitative trait loci; Triglyceride

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID STORAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TRIGLYCERIDES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34548188837     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M700015-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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