Article
Three new allelic mouse mutations that cause skeletal overgrowth involve the natriuretic peptide receptor C gene (Npr3).
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 31 Aug 1999
Jaubert J, Jaubert F, Martin N, Washburn L L, Lee B K, Eicher E M, Guénet J L
Abstract excerpt
In 1979, a BALB/cJ mouse was identified with an exceptionally long body. This phenotype was found to be caused by a recessive mutation, designated longjohn (lgj), that mapped to the proximal region of chromosome 15. Several years later, a mouse with a similarly elongated body was identified in an...
Topics
Join the communities discussing this publication.