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Phenotypic and genetic characterization of the Atp7a(Mo-Tohm) mottled mouse: a new murine model of Menkes disease.
Genomics - 1 Feb 2006
Mototani Yasumasa, Miyoshi Ichiro, Okamura Tadashi, Moriya Takuya, Meng Yan, Yuan Pei Xiang, Kameo Satomi, Kasai Noriyuki
Abstract excerpt
Mottled Tohoku (Atp7a(Mo-Tohm) or Mo(Tohm)) is an X-linked mutation with mottled pigmentation in heterozygous (Mo(Tohm)/+) females and is embryonic lethal at E11 in hemizygous (Mo(Tohm)/Y) males. Copper levels were low in the brain and high in the intestine of Mo(Tohm) mice. Two congenic strains with ICR or C57BL/6 (B6) background were produced for genetic and phenotypic analyses and revealed that Mo(Tohm)/+...
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