Characterization of the rhesus monkey galactocerebrosidase (GALC) cDNA and gene and identification of the mutation causing globoid cell leukodystrophy (Krabbe disease) in this primate

Genomics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 319-324

  Luzi, Paola ^a   Rafi, Mohammad A ^a   Victoria, Teresa ^a   Baskin, Gary B ^b   Wenger, David A ^a,c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Division of Medical Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSYLCERAMIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLOBOID CELL LEUKODYSTROPHY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; STOP CODON;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MACACA MULATTA; MURINAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 0031172376     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1997.4744     Document Type: Article

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