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Correction of a mouse model of Menkes disease by the human Menkes gene.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Apr 2006
Llanos Roxana M, Ke Bi-Xia, Wright Magali, Deal Yolanda, Monty Francois, Kramer David R, Mercer Julian F B
Abstract excerpt
The brindled mouse is an accurate model of the fatal human X-linked copper deficiency disorder, Menkes disease. Males carrying the mutant allele of the Menkes gene orthologue Atp7a die in the second week of life. To determine whether the genetic defect in the brindled mice could be corrected by expression of the human Menkes gene, male transgenic mice expressing ATP7A from the chicken beta-actin composite...
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