Using genetically engineered animal models in the post genomic era to understand gene function in alcoholism

Alcohol Research and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 282-291

  Reilly, Matthew T ^a   Adron Harris, R ^b   Noronha, Antonio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Animal studies; Epigenome; Gene function; Gene functions; Gene knockout technology; Gene sequencing; Genetic; Genetic basis of alcoholism; Genetic engineering; Genetic technology; Genome; Knockout mice; Neuroscience; Phenotype; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870197445     PISSN: 15357414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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