Age-dependent deterioration of locomotion in Drosophila melanogaster deficient in the homologue of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 2

Genes to Cells

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 464-477

  Takayama, Yuta ^a   Itoh, Reina E ^a   Tsuyama, Taiichi ^a   Uemura, Tadashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAB PROTEIN; ACHARAN SULFATE LYASE 2; ALS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS 2 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; HEPARIN LYASE;

AGING; ALS2 GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; LOCOMOTION; LONGEVITY; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HEPARIN LYASE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; RAB5 GTP-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84901255856     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: 13652443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12146     Document Type: Article

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