Mutational analysis of the feline CLN3 gene and an ultrastructural evaluation of lysosomal storage materials in a cat with neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis: An investigation into the molecular basis of the disease

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 425-428

  Furusawa, Y ^a   Mizukami, K ^a   Yabuki, A ^a   Kuwamura, M ^b   Chang, H S ^a   Hossain, M A ^a   Rahman, M M ^a   Uddin, M M ^a   Mitani, S ^a   Yamato, O ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

CLN3 gene; Feline neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis; Lysosomal storage disease; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CLN3 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EXON; GENE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRANULAR OSMIOPHILIC DEPOSIT; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; INTRON; LYSOSOME STORAGE DISEASE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEURONAL CEROID LIPOFUSCINOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LYSOSOMES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONAL CEROID-LIPOFUSCINOSES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

FELIDAE;

EID: 84872417574     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2012.04.025     Document Type: Article

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