Reduced body weight is a common effect of gene knockout in mice

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>During a search for obesity candidate genes in a small region of the mouse genome, we noticed that many genes when knocked out influence body weight. To determine whether this was a general feature of gene knockout or a chance occurr...

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Main Authors: Lawler Maureen P, Reed Danielle R, Tordoff Michael G
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-01-01
Series:BMC Genetics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/9/4