Modeling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in hSOD1G93A transgenic swine

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 246-254

  Chieppa, M N ^a   Perota, A ^b   Corona, C ^a   Grindatto, A ^a   Lagutina, I ^b   Costassa, E Vallino ^a   Lazzari, G ^b,c   Colleoni, S ^b   Duchi, R ^b   Lucchini, F ^d   Caramelli, M ^a   Bendotti, C ^e   Galli, C ^b,c,f   Casalone, C ^a  

^a LIGURIA E VALLE D AOSTA   (Italy)

^b Avantea Laboratory of Reproductive Technologies   (Italy)

^c Fondazione Avantea   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^e MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Animal model; Cu Zn superoxide dismutase 1; Pig; Somatic cell nuclear transfer; Swine

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GLYCINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PIG; WEANING; YUCATAN MICROPIG; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; SWINE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ADULT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MALE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SWINE;

EID: 84900310785     PISSN: 16602854     EISSN: 16602862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000353472     Document Type: Article

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