Generation and Characterization of a genetic zebrafish model of SMA carrying the human SMN2 gene

Molecular Neurodegeneration

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Hao, Le T ^a   Burghes, Arthur H M ^a   Beattie, Christine E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RNA; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; RNA SPLICING; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SURVIVAL; TRANSGENE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; INVERTEBRATA; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79953121904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17501326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1750-1326-6-24     Document Type: Article

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