New Zealand Ginger mouse: Novel model that associates the tyrp1b pigmentation gene locus with regulation of lean body mass

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 164-174

  Duchesnes, Cécile E ^a   Naggert, Jürgen K ^b   Tatnell, Michele A ^a   Beckman, Nikki ^a   Marnane, Rebecca N ^a   Rodrigues, Jessica A ^a   Halim, Angela ^a   Pontré, Beau ^a   Stewart, Alistair W ^c   Wolff, George L ^d   Elliott, Robert ^a   Mountjoy, Kathleen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Body fat distribution; Body size; Body weight; Mouse model; Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEW ZEALAND GINGER MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TYRP1 B GENE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GONADS; HAIR COLOR; INBREEDING; INGUINAL CANAL; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MODELS, ANIMAL; OBESITY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENOTYPE; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

MUS; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 66349108043     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.90336.2008     Document Type: Article

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