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Genetic mapping of a mouse modifier gene that can prevent ALS onset.
Genomics - 1 Dec 2000
Kunst C B, Messer L, Gordon J, Haines J, Patterson D
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the cytoplasmic Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) gene on human chromosome 21q22.1 cause 10-20% of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) cases. The expression of the ALS phenotype in mice carrying the murine G86R SOD1 mutation is highly dependent upon the mouse genetic background. This is similar to the phenotypic variation observed in ALS patients containing identical SOD1 mutations. In the...
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