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A valid mouse model of AGRIN-associated congenital myasthenic syndrome.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Dec 2011
Bogdanik Laurent P, Burgess Robert W
Abstract excerpt
Congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMS) are inherited diseases affecting the neuromuscular junction (NMJ). Mutations in AGRIN (AGRN) and other genes in the AGRIN signaling pathway cause CMS, and gene targeting studies in mice confirm the importance of this pathway for NMJ formation. However, these mouse mutations are complete loss-of-function alleles that result in an embryonic failure of NMJ formation, and...
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