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The splotch-delayed (Spd) mouse mutant carries a point mutation within the paired box of the Pax-3 gene.
Genomics - 1 Aug 1993
Vogan K J, Epstein D J, Trasler D G, Gros P
Abstract excerpt
The splotch (Sp) mouse mutant displays defects in neural crest cell migration and neural tube closure and serves as a model for the study of spina bifida, exencephaly, and Waardenburg syndrome type I in humans. Recently, we have described alterations in the Pax-3 gene for the radiation-induced Sp...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Crosses, Genetic
- DNA
- Embryo, Mammalian
- Heterozygote
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C3H
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Neurologic Mutants
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nervous System Diseases
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
- Phenotype
