Haploinsufficiency for translation elongation factor eEF1A2 in aged mouse muscle and neurons is compatible with normal function

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Griffiths, Lowri A ^a   Doig, Jennifer ^a   Churchhouse, Antonia M D ^a   Davies, Faith C J ^a   Squires, Charlotte E ^a   Newbery, Helen J ^a   Abbott, Catherine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR 1; TRANSLATION ELONGATION FACTOR 1A2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRIP STRENGTH; HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ROTAROD TEST; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BREEDING; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MICE; MUSCLES; NEURONS; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PHENOTYPE; ROTAROD PERFORMANCE TEST; SPINAL CORD;

MUS;

EID: 84864334923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041917     Document Type: Article

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