Molecular cloning and expression of cDNA for murine galactocerebrosidase and mutation analysis of the twitcher mouse, a model of Krabbe's disease

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1118-1124

  Sakai, Norio ^a   Inui, Koji ^b   Tatsumi, Naoko ^b   Fukushima, Hisao ^b   Nishigaki, Toshinori ^b   Taniike, Masako ^b   Nishimoto, Junji ^b   Tsukamoto, Hiroko ^b   Yanagihara, Itaru ^b   Ozono, Keiichi ^a   Okada, Shintaro ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Demyelination; Galactocerebrosidase; Krabbe's disease; Mutation analysis; Twitcher mouse

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GALACTOSYLCERAMIDASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN COS1; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DNA LIBRARY; GLOBOID CELL LEUKODYSTROPHY; LIVER; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS;

EID: 13344286310     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66031118.x     Document Type: Article

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