A comparison of phenotype and copper distribution in blotchy and brindled mutant mice and in nutritionally copper deficient controls.

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A comparison of phenotype and copper distribution in blotchy and brindled mutant mice and in nutritionally copper deficient controls.

Biological trace element research - 1 Apr 1991

Phillips M, Camakaris J, Danks D M

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The murine mottled mutants brindled, Mo br, and blotchy, Mo blo, are valuable animal models for the study of mammalian copper metabolism. In this paper, we present data showing that a nutritionally copper deficient suckling mouse, Cu-, with strong phenotypic similarities to the brindled mutant ca...

Topics

Animals
Copper
Female
Genotype
Growth
Hemoglobins
Longevity
Male
Mice
Mice, Mutant Strains
Phenotype
Pregnancy
Rats
Tissue Distribution

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