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Kinesin family member 12 is a candidate polycystic kidney disease modifier in the cpk mouse.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Apr 2005
Mrug Michal, Li Renhua, Cui Xiangqin, Schoeb Trenton R, Churchill Gary A, Guay-Woodford Lisa M
Abstract excerpt
The cpk mouse is the most extensively characterized model of autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD). The major ARPKD-related renal and biliary phenotypes are modulated in F2 mutants by genetic background, suggesting that quantitative trait loci (QTL) modulate disease severity. In 461 F2 cpk mice, kidney length, weight, and volume were scored as quantitative traits (QT), and a semiquantitative...
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