Mutation analysis of feline Niemann-Pick C1 disease

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-103

  Somers, Kyra L ^a   Royals, Michael A ^a   Carstea, Eugene D ^b   Rafi, Mohammad A ^c   Wenger, David A ^c   Thrall, Mary Anna ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b National Institute of Neurological Disorders   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Cholesterol; Feline; Lysosomal storage; Neurodegeneration; NPC; NPC1

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NIEMANN PICK C PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CHROMOSOME 18; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; ORTHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON;

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MURINAE;

EID: 0038278509     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-7192(03)00074-X     Document Type: Article

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