Drosophila screen connects nuclear transport genes to DPR pathology in c9ALS/FTD

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Boeynaems, Steven ^a,b   Bogaert, Elke ^a,b   Michiels, Emiel ^a,b   Gijselinck, Ilse ^b,c   Sieben, Anne ^b,c,d   Jovičić, Ana ^e   De Baets, Greet ^b,f   Scheveneels, Wendy ^a,b   Steyaert, Jolien ^a,b   Cuijt, Ivy ^b,c   Verstrepen, Kevin J ^b,f   Callaerts, Patrick ^b,f   Rousseau, Frederic ^b,f   Schymkowitz, Joost ^b,f   Cruts, Marc ^b,c   Van Broeckhoven, Christine ^b,c   Van Damme, Philip ^a,b,g   Gitler, Aaron D ^e   Robberecht, Wim ^a,b,g   Van Den Bosch, Ludo ^a,b  

^a KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DIPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID REPEAT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EYE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; PATHOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CELL NUCLEUS; DIPEPTIDES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EYE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC TESTING; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; METHYLATION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 84958581840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep20877     Document Type: Article

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