Mouse choroideremia gene mutation causes photoreceptor cell degeneration and is not transmitted through the female germline

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 851-858

  Van Den Hurk, José A J M ^a   Hendriks, Wiljan ^a   Van De Pol, Dorien J R ^a   Oerlemans, Frank ^a   Jaissle, Gesine ^b   Rüther, Klaus ^c   Kohler, Konrad ^b   Hartmann, Jens ^b   Zrenner, Eberhart ^b   Van Bokhoven, Hans ^a   Wieringa, Bé ^a   Ropers, Hans Hilger ^a   Cremers, Frans P M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CHIMERA; CHOROIDEREMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GERM LINE; HETEROZYGOTE; INHERITANCE; LETHAL GENE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 8244220326     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.6.851     Document Type: Article

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