Aggression in cataract-bearing α-1,3-galactosyltransferase knockout mice

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-44

  Sørensen, Dorte Bratbo ^a   Dahl, Kirsten ^a   Ersbøll, Annette Kjær ^b   Kirkeby, Svend ^a   D'Apice, Anthony J F ^c   Hansen, Axel Kornerup ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

1,3 galactosyltransferase; Aggression; Cataract; Mouse

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,3 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; LECTIN;

AGGRESSION; ALPHA 1,3 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE GEME; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; GENE; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LENS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WILD TYPE; XENOGRAFT;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATARACT; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; VISION;

MUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 42249107833     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/la.2007.006057     Document Type: Article

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