AA amyloidosis-resistant CE/J mice have Saa1 and Saa2 genes that encode an identical SAA isoform

Amyloid

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Mori, Masayuki ^a   Tiang, Geng ^a   Higuchi, Keiichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid substitution; Gene conversion; Gene family; Mouse strain; Nucleotide substitution

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMYLOID A PROTEIN; SERUM AMYLOID A; SERUM AMYLOID A1; SERUM AMYLOID A2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN;

EID: 84896724173     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: 17442818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13506129.2013.852529     Document Type: Article

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