A model for Niemann-Pick type C disease in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 527-530

  Sym, Mary ^a,b   Basson, Michael ^a   Johnson, Carl ^a  

^a Axys Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^b EXELIXIS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DELETION MUTANT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN GENE; LYSOSOME; MODEL; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NPC1 GENE; NPC2 GENE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STEROL;

EID: 0034192462     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00468-1     Document Type: Article

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