hVAPB, the causative gene of a heterogeneous group of motor neuron diseases in humans, is functionally interchangeable with its Drosophila homologue DVAP-33A at the neuromuscular junction

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 266-280

  Chai, Andrea ^a   Withers, James ^a   Koh, Young Ho ^b,d   Parry, Katherine ^a   Bao, Hong ^c   Zhang, Bing ^c   Budnik, Vivian ^b   Pennetta, Giuseppa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA VAMP ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 33A; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VAMP ASSOCIATED PROTEIN B;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EVOKED RESPONSE; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CARRIER PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 37849053294     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddm303     Document Type: Article

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