Primary Identifier | MGI:95563 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | UN | Mgi Type | heritable phenotypic marker |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Used to study Niemann-Pick disease. PHENOTYPE: Mutations in this gene result in the replacement of lymphoid tissue of the thymus, Peyer's patches, and to a lesser extent other tissues, by lipid-containing foam cells. [provided by MGI curators] |