Mutations in a P-Type ATPase Gene Cause Axonal Degeneration
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Mutations in a P-Type ATPase Gene Cause Axonal Degeneration
Neuronal loss and axonal degeneration are important pathological features of many neurodegenerative diseases. The molecular mechanisms underlying the majority of axonal degeneration conditions remain unknown. To better understand axonal degeneration, we studied a mouse mutant wabbler-lethal (wl). Wabbler-lethal (wl) mutant mice develop progressive ataxia with pronounced neurodegeneration in the...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Genetics
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1553-7404
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002853