Wild-type and A315T mutant TDP-43 exert differential neurotoxicity in a Drosophila model of ALS

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2308-2321

  Estes, Patricia S ^a   Boehringer, Ashley ^a   Zwick, Rebecca ^a   Tang, Jonathan E ^a   Grigsby, Brianna ^a   Zarnescu, Daniela C ^a,b,c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEASOME; TAR DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE INTERACTION; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ALLELES; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 79957488875     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr124     Document Type: Article

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