LixI knockout mouse does not exhibit spinal muscular atrophy phenotype

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 102, Issue , 2011, Pages S32-S39

  Wakeling, Erin N ^a   Fyfe, John C ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Motor neuron; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

RNA; LIX1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; INTRON; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEUCYLCYSTINYLAMINOPEPTIDASE GENE; LIMB EXPRESSION 1 GENE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL; CAT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; ROTAROD TEST; SPINAL CORD;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CATS; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84856395784     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esr031     Document Type: Article

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