Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences on calcified tissues

ba0001oc4.1 | Osteoblasts and osteocytes | ECTS2013

High-throughput DEXA and micro-CT screening in gene knockout mice identifies bone mass phenotypes

Brommage Robert , Liu Jeff , Kirkpatrick Laura , Powell David , Vogel Peter

Screening gene function in vivo is a powerful approach to discover novel drug targets in the human genome (Nat Rev Drug Discov 2 38–51, 2003). We present data for 3776 distinct gene knockout (KO) mouse lines with viable adult homozygous mice generated using both gene-trapping and homologous recombination technologies. Bone mass was determined from PIXImus DEXA scans of male and female mice at 14 weeks of age and by microCT analyses of bones from ...