Double-stranded RNA is pathogenic in Drosophila models of expanded repeat neurodegenerative diseases

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 3757-3768

  Lawlor, Kynan T ^a   O'Keefe, Louise V ^a   Samaraweera, Saumya E ^a   van Eyk, Clare L ^a   McLeod, Catherine J ^a   Maloney, Christopher A ^b   Dang, Thurston H Y ^b   Suter, Catherine M ^b,c   Richards, Robert I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DICER; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MICRORNA; SINGLE STRANDED RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAG REPEAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DROSOPHILA; EXPANDED REPEAT RNA; EYE; GENE DOSAGE; INTER SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA HELICASES; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 80052762993     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr292     Document Type: Article

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