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Australian Cattle Dogs with Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis are Homozygous for a CLN5 Nonsense Mutation Previously Identified in Border Collies.
Journal of veterinary internal medicine - 1 Jul 2016
Kolicheski A, Johnson G S, O'Brien D P, Mhlanga-Mutangadura T, Gilliam D, Guo J, Anderson-Sieg T D, Schnabel R D, Taylor J F, Lebowitz A, Swanson B, Hicks D, Niman Z E, Wininger F A, Carpentier M C, Katz M L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL), a fatal neurodegenerative disease, has been diagnosed in young adult Australian Cattle Dogs. OBJECTIVE: Characterize the Australian Cattle Dog form of NCL and determine its molecular genetic cause. ANIMALS: Tissues from 4 Australian Cattle Dogs with NCL-like signs and buccal swabs from both parents of a fifth affected breed member. Archived DNA samples from 712...
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