Article
Disruption of the mouse phospholipase C-beta1 gene in a beta-lactoglobulin transgenic line affects viability, growth, and fertility in mice.
Gene - 27 Oct 2004
Ballester Maria, Molist Josep, Lopez-Bejar Manel, Sánchez Armand, Santaló Josep, Folch Josep M, Ibáñez Elena
Abstract excerpt
A recessive insertional mutation was identified in one line of transgenic mice for the caprine beta-lactoglobulin (betaLG) gene. High mortality after birth, a significant reduction in postnatal growth and adult body size, changes in the morphometric features of the head, and infertility are the most prominent phenotypic traits of the mutant animals. Molecular cloning and sequencing of the transgene insertion site...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Weight
- Chromosome Mapping
- Epilepsy
- Female
- Fertility
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Homozygote
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Isoenzymes
- Kidney
