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Doppel-induced Purkinje cell death is stoichiometrically abrogated by prion protein.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 9 Jul 2004
Yamaguchi Naohiro, Sakaguchi Suehiro, Shigematsu Kazuto, Okimura Nobuhiko, Katamine Shigeru
Abstract excerpt
Mice devoid of prion protein (PrP) exhibiting ataxia and Purkinje cell degeneration, such as Ngsk Prnp(-/-) mice, ectopically express PrP-like protein, Dpl, in neurons including Purkinje cells. In this study, two types of transgenic (tg) mice expressing Dpl in neurons, tg(N-Dpl), or Purkinje cells only, tg(P-Dpl), were generated on the background of non-ataxic Zrch I Prnp(-/-) mice. In contrast to the tg mice...
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