Juvenile cystic kidneys (jck): a new mouse mutation which causes polycystic kidneys.

doi:10.1038/ki.1993.151

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Juvenile cystic kidneys (jck): a new mouse mutation which causes polycystic kidneys.

Kidney international - 1 May 1993

Atala A, Freeman M R, Mandell J, Beier D R

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We have characterized a new recessive mutation in the mouse which predisposes to the development of polycystic kidney disease. This mutation, called juvenile cystic kidneys (jck), arose in a transgenic line of mice, but appears unrelated to the transgene since it segregates freely from it. While...

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Alleles
Animals
Kidney
Mice
Mice, Mutant Strains
Mice, Transgenic
Mutation
Phenotype
Polycystic Kidney Diseases

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