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Variable phenotypes of knockin mice carrying the M712T Gne mutation.
Neuromolecular medicine - 1 Mar 2013
Sela Ilan, Yakovlev Lena, Becker Cohen Michal, Elbaz Moran, Yanay Nurit, Ben Shlomo Uri, Yotvat Hagit, Fellig Yakov, Argov Zohar, Mitrani-Rosenbaum Stella
Abstract excerpt
GNE myopathy is a recessive adult onset, slowly progressive distal and proximal myopathy, caused by mutations in the GNE gene. The most frequent mutation in GNE myopathy patients is the Middle Eastern founder mutation M712T. We have generated Gne (M712T/M712T) knockin mice. A high mortality rate in the first generation due to renal failure was recorded (as previously described). However, the following Gne...
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