Integration of QTL and bioinformatic tools to identify candidate genes for triglycerides in mice

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1672-1682

  Leduc, Magalie S ^a   Hageman, Rachael S ^b   Verdugo, Ricardo A ^b   Tsaih, Shirng Wern ^c   Walsh, Kenneth ^b   Churchill, Gary A ^b   Paigen, Beverly ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Genetics; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC DATABASE; HAPLOTYPE; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 80051824901     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M011130     Document Type: Article

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