Zebrafish as a genomics model for human neurological and polygenic disorders

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 415-428

  Becker, Thomas S ^a   Rinkwitz, Silke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cis regulation; GWAS; Human enhancers; Regulatory mutations; Transgenes

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MYOPIA; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENICS; X LINKED MENTAL RETARDATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84856957047     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20888     Document Type: Article

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