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A mutation in the gene encoding mitochondrial Mg²+ channel MRS2 results in demyelination in the rat.
PLoS genetics - 6 Jan 2011
Kuramoto Takashi, Kuwamura Mitsuru, Tokuda Satoko, Izawa Takeshi, Nakane Yoshifumi, Kitada Kazuhiro, Akao Masaharu, Guénet Jean-Louis, Serikawa Tadao
Abstract excerpt
The rat demyelination (dmy) mutation serves as a unique model system to investigate the maintenance of myelin, because it provokes severe myelin breakdown in the central nervous system (CNS) after normal postnatal completion of myelination. Here, we report the molecular characterization of this m...
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