Cross-species characterization of the ALS2 gene and analysis of its pattern of expression in development and adulthood

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 243-257

  Devon, Rebecca S ^a   Schwab, Claudia ^a   Topp, Justin D ^b   Orban, Paul C ^a   Yang, Yu Zhou ^a   Pape, Terry D ^a   Helm, Jeffrey R ^a   Davidson, Tara Lynne ^a   Rogers, Daniel A ^a   Gros Louis, Francois ^c   Rouleau, Guy ^c   Horazdovsky, Bruce F ^b   Leavitt, Blair R ^a   Hayden, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

ALS2; ALS2CL; Alsin; Cerebellum; Endosome; lacZ

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RAB PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULTHOOD; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS 2 GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSOME; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 20144379753     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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