Dense cataract and microphthalmia (dcm) in BALB/c mice is caused by mutations in the GJA8 locus

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-154

  Bakthavachalu, Baskar ^a   Kalanke, Sarmishtha ^a   Galande, Sanjeev ^a,b   Ramanamurthy, B ^a   Parab, Pradeep ^a   Kohale, Kalidas N ^a,c   Seshadri, Vasudevan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CELL SCIENCE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

cataract; dcm; eye; linkage

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 50; EYE PROTEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CATARACT; CHROMOSOME MAP; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; LENS; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROPHTHALMIA; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION;

ANIMALS; CATARACT; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONNEXINS; CROSSES, GENETIC; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROPHTHALMOS; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION;

MUS;

EID: 78349276497     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: 09737731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12041-010-0054-6     Document Type: Article

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