Phenotypic and genetic analysis of the cerebellar mutant tmgc26, a new ENU-induced ROR-alpha allele

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 707-716

  Swanson, Douglas J ^a   Steshina, Ekaterina Y ^b   Wakenight, Paul ^b   Aldinger, Kimberly A ^b   Goldowitz, Dan ^a   Millen, Kathleen J ^b   Chizhikov, Victor V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebellum; development; ENU mutants; mouse; ROR alpha

Indexed keywords

ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN ROR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM DEGENERATION; CHROMOSOME 9; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLIA CELL; GRANULE CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RECESSIVE GENE; TMGC26 GENE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBELLUM; CHIMERA; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTAGENESIS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 1, GROUP F, MEMBER 1; PURKINJE CELLS;

EID: 77956409515     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07330.x     Document Type: Article

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