OMIA:001071-9940 : Wilson disease in Ovis aries (sheep) |
In other species: dog , domestic cat , pig , taurine cattle
Categories: Liver/biliary system phene
Links to possible relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s) in OMIM: 277900 (trait) , 606882 (gene)
Links to relevant human diseases in MONDO:
Single-gene trait/disorder: unknown
Disease-related: yes
Cross-species summary: A disorder of copper metabolism, due to a deficiency of ceruloplasmin, which forms a complex with copper. The excess copper is deposited in the brain (causing mental retardation) or the liver (causing jaundice and cirrhosis).
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Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2005). OMIA:001071-9940: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70
References
Note: the references are listed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent year to the earliest year), and alphabetically by first author within a year.
| 2000 | Lockhart, P.J., Wilcox, S.A., Dahl, H.H.M., Mercer, J.F.B. : |
| Cloning, mapping and expression analysis of the sheep Wilson disease gene homologue Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure & Expression 1491:229-239, 2000. | |
| 1987 | Howell, J.M., Wiener, G., Gawthorne, J.M. : |
| The genetics of copper metabolism in animals and man :45-61, 1987. |
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- Created by Frank Nicholas on 06 Sep 2005