Dahl (S x R) congenic strain analysis confirms and defines a chromosome 5 female-specific blood pressure quantitative trait locus to <7 Mbp

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Herrera, Victoria L M ^a   Pasion, Khristine A ^a   Moran, Ann Marie ^a   Ruiz Opazo, Nelson ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADVANCED INTERCROSS LINE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHROMOSOME 5; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONGENIC STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAHL SALT RESISTANT RAT; DAHL SALT SENSITIVE RAT; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART WEIGHT; HYPERTENSION; INTROGRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PULSE PRESSURE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RATS; RATS, INBRED DAHL;

RATTUS;

EID: 84864459233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042214     Document Type: Article

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