Article
Atm-deficient mice: a paradigm of ataxia telangiectasia.
Cell - 12 Jul 1996
Barlow C, Hirotsune S, Paylor R, Liyanage M, Eckhaus M, Collins F, Shiloh Y, Crawley J N, Ried T, Tagle D, Wynshaw-Boris A
Abstract excerpt
A murine model of ataxia telangiectasia was created by disrupting the Atm locus via gene targeting. Mice homozygous for the disrupted Atm allele displayed growth retardation, neurologic dysfunction, male and female infertility secondary to the absence of mature gametes, defects in T lymphocyte ma...
Topics
- Animals
- Ataxia Telangiectasia
- Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins
- Cell Cycle
- Cell Cycle Proteins
- Cell Division
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Disease Models, Animal
- Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
- Female
- Fibroblasts
- Germ Cells
- Leucine Zippers
- Lymphoma
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Mutant Strains
- Mutation