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Doppel induces degeneration of cerebellar Purkinje cells independently of Bax.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Aug 2007
Dong Jiaxin, Li Aimin, Yamaguchi Naohiro, Sakaguchi Suehiro, Harris David A
Abstract excerpt
Doppel (Dpl) is a prion protein paralog that causes neurodegeneration when expressed ectopically in the brain. To investigate the cellular mechanism underlying this effect, we analyzed Dpl-expressing transgenic mice in which the gene for the proapoptotic protein Bax had been deleted. We found tha...
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