Insertion of a retrotransposon in Mbp disrupts mRNA splicing and myelination in a new mutant rat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3404-3413

  O'Connor, Lawrence T ^a,c   Goetz, Brian D ^a   Kwiecien, Jacek M ^a,b   Delaney, Kathleen H ^b   Fletch, Andrew L ^b   Duncan, Ian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WYETH AYERST RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysmyelination; ETn element; Intron insertion; MBP; Myelin mutants; Retrotransposon

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DEMYELINATION; GENE MUTATION; INTRON; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETROPOSON; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 0033135387     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-09-03404.1999     Document Type: Article

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