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Mice with combined gene knock-outs reveal essential and partially redundant functions of amyloid precursor protein family members.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 1 Nov 2000
Heber S, Herms J, Gajic V, Hainfellner J, Aguzzi A, Rülicke T, von Kretzschmar H, von Koch C, Sisodia S, Tremml P, Lipp H P, Wolfer D P, Müller U
Abstract excerpt
The amyloid precursor protein (APP) involved in Alzheimer's disease is a member of a larger gene family including amyloid precursor-like proteins APLP1 and APLP2. We generated and examined the phenotypes of mice lacking individual or all possible combinations of APP family members to assess potential functional redundancies within the gene family. Mice deficient for the nervous system-specific APLP1 protein...
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