The SOD1 transgene in the G93A mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis lies on distal mouse chromosome 12

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-114

  Achilli, Francesca ^a   Boyle, Shelagh ^b   Kieran, Dairin ^a   Chia, Ruth ^a   Hafezparast, Majid ^c   Martin, Joanne E ^d   Schiavo, Giampietro ^e   Greensmith, Linda ^a   Bickmore, Wendy ^b   Fisher, Elizabeth M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Loa; Mouse model; SOD1 G93A; SOD1 transgenic

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GLYCINE; MUTANT PROTEIN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME 12; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; HEAVY CHAIN; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 21344474127     PISSN: 14660822     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14660820510035351     Document Type: Article

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