An ∼140-kb deletion associated with feline spinal muscular atrophy implies an essential LIX1 function for motor neuron survival

Genome Research

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1084-1090

  Fyfe, John C ^a   Menotti Raymond, Marilyn ^b   David, Victor A ^b   Brichta, Lars ^c   Schäffer, Alejandro A ^d   Agarwala, Richa ^d   Murphy, William J ^e   Wedemeyer, William J ^f   Gregory, Brittany L ^a   Buzzell, Bethany G ^b   Drummond, Meghan C ^a   Wirth, Brunhilde ^c   O'Brien, Stephen J ^b  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIX1 GENE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA METABOLISM; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SYNTENY; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTONEURON; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY;

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

CYSTYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; LEUCYL CYSTINYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; LEUCYL-CYSTINYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; NERVE PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CYSTINYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEDIGREE;

EID: 33748283924     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.5268806     Document Type: Article

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