Phenotypic and expression analysis of a novel spontaneous myosin VI null mutant mouse

Experimental Animals

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-71

  Mochizuki, Eiji ^a   Okumura, Kazuhiro ^a   Ishikawa, Masashi ^a   Yoshimoto, Sachi ^a   Yamaguchi, Junya ^a   Seki, Yuta ^a   Wada, Kenta ^a   Yokohama, Michinari ^a   Ushiki, Tatsuo ^b   Tokano, Hisashi ^c   Ishii, Rie ^d   Shitara, Hiroshi ^d   Taya, Choji ^d   Kitamura, Ken ^c   Yonekawa, Hiromichi ^d   Kikkawa, Yoshiaki ^a,d  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deafness; Inner ear hair cell; Mouse mutant; Myosin VI; Stereocilia

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN VI;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 9; CIRCLING BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HAIR CELL; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEREOCILIUM; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DEAFNESS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PHENOTYPE; RNA;

MUS;

EID: 77950650456     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.59.57     Document Type: Article

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