Expression of Caytaxin Protein in Cayman Ataxia Mouse Models Correlates with Phenotype Severity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Sikora, Kristine M ^a,b,c   Nosavanh, LaGina M ^c   Kantheti, Prameela ^b,d   Burmeister, Margit ^a,b   Hortsch, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Centre for Human Genetics   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAYTAXIN; CELL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CAIMAN; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA PROCESSING; ROTAROD TEST; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SUPERNATANT; TRANSLATION INITIATION; UBIQUITINATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ANIMALIA; CROTALUS CERASTES; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84870590138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050570     Document Type: Article

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