Mutation in neurofilament transgene implicates RNA processing in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disease

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1273-1283

  Cañete Soler, Rafaela ^a   Silberg, Debra G ^a   Gershon, Michael D ^b   Schlaepfer, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor neuron degeneration; MRNA stability; Neurofilament transgene; Post transcriptional regulation; Ribonucleoprotein complexes; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C MYC; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0242671888     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-04-01273.1999     Document Type: Article

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