Modifier genes and the plasticity of genetic networks in mice

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Hamilton, Bruce A ^a,b   Yu, Benjamin D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL GENETICS; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DISEASE MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART FAILURE MODIFIER 2 GENE; HUMAN; MODIFIER GENE; MODIFIER OF MIN 1 GENE; MODIFIER OF VIBRATOR 1 GENE; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PHENOTYPE; PLA2G2A GENE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SODIUM CHANNEL MODIFIER 1 GENE; ANIMAL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETICS; MOUSE; MUTATION;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, MODIFIER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MICE; MUTATION;

EID: 84860595829     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002644     Document Type: Review

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