New mouse genetic model duplicates human 15q11-13 autistic phenotypes, or does it?

DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 3-4

  Aldinger, Kimberly A ^a   Qiu, Shenfeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; MBII 52 GENE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMANS; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 77649214471     PISSN: 17548403     EISSN: 17548411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dmm.004663     Document Type: Note

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