Aim of this thesis was the implementation of an ENU mouse mutagenesis screen in order to identify and further analyse mouse models for human inherited diseases. More than 30.000 animals were assessed, and more than 400 lines with defined inherited phenotypes were established. As proof-of-principle, five mutant lines with limb anomalies were phenotypically characterised and the molecular alterations causing the phenotype were identified. Four mutant lines represent novel alleles of the transcription factor Gli3 and new models for polydactyly in human. The fifth line serves as a model for polydactyly and early infertility in men caused by a mutation in a potentially new regulatory domain of the transcription factor Plzf.
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Aim of this thesis was the implementation of an ENU mouse mutagenesis screen in order to identify and further analyse mouse models for human inherited diseases. More than 30.000 animals were assessed, and more than 400 lines with defined inherited phenotypes were established. As proof-of-principle, five mutant lines with limb anomalies were phenotypically characterised and the molecular alterations causing the phenotype were identified. Four mutant lines represent novel alleles of the transcript...
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