Deficiency in protein L-isoaspartyl methyltransferase results in a fatal progressive epilepsy

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2063-2074

  Yamamoto, Akihiro ^a,b   Takagi, Hideyuki ^a   Kitamura, Daisuke ^c   Tatsuoka, Hozumi ^d   Nakano, Hirotake ^e   Kawano, Hmitoshi ^f   Kuroyanagi, Hidehito ^a   Yahagi, Yu Ichi ^a   Kobayashi, Shin Ichiro ^a   Koizumi, Ken Ichi ^a   Sakai, Tsuyoshi ^a   Saito, Ken Ichi ^g   Chiba, Tanemichi ^d   Kawamura, Koki ^h   Suzuki, Katsushi ^g   Watanabe, Takeshi ^h   Mori, Hiroshi ^b   Shirasawa, Takuji ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^f KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aberrant arborizations; Disorganized microtubules; Epilepsy; Gene targeting; Isoaspartate; Protein L isoasparty methyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; HISTIDINE; METHIONINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN ISOASPARTYL METHYLTRANSFERASE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; EPILEPSY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE TARGETING; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SEIZURE;

EID: 0032520844     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-06-02063.1998     Document Type: Article

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