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Characterization of novel dystonia musculorum mutant mice: Implications for central nervous system abnormality.
Neurobiology of disease - 1 Dec 2016
Horie Masao, Mekada Kazuyuki, Sano Hiromi, Kikkawa Yoshiaki, Chiken Satomi, Someya Takuro, Saito Keisuke, Hossain M Ibrahim, Nameta Masaaki, Abe Kuniya, Sakimura Kenji, Ono Katsuhiko, Nambu Atsushi, Yoshiki Atsushi, Takebayashi Hirohide
Abstract excerpt
We identified a novel spontaneous mutant mouse showing motor symptoms that are similar to those of the dystonia musculorum (dt) mouse. The observations suggested that the mutant mice inherited the mild dt phenotype as an autosomal recessive trait. Linkage analysis showed that the causative gene was located near D1Mit373 and D1Mit410 microsatellite markers on chromosome 1, which are close to the dystonin (Dst)...
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