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Long term expression of Drosophila melanogaster nucleoside kinase in thymidine kinase 2-deficient mice with no lethal effects caused by nucleotide pool imbalances.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 21 Nov 2014
Krishnan Shuba, Paredes João A, Zhou Xiaoshan, Kuiper Raoul V, Hultenby Kjell, Curbo Sophie, Karlsson Anna
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial DNA depletion caused by thymidine kinase 2 (TK2) deficiency can be compensated by a nucleoside kinase from Drosophila melanogaster (Dm-dNK) in mice. We show that transgene expression of Dm-dNK in Tk2 knock-out (Tk2(-/-)) mice extended the life span of Tk2(-/-) mice from 3 weeks to a...
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