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Expression of the Wilson disease gene is deficient in the Long-Evans Cinnamon rat.
The Biochemical journal - 1 Jul 1994
Yamaguchi Y, Heiny M E, Shimizu N, Aoki T, Gitlin J D
Abstract excerpt
Long-Evans Cinnamon rats develop a necrotizing hepatitis characterized by excessive hepatic copper accumulation, defective holoceruloplasmin biosynthesis and impaired biliary copper excretion. To elucidate the molecular basis of this defect, a cDNA clone encoding the rat Wilson disease gene was isolated and used to examine gene expression in selected tissues from normal and Long-Evans Cinnamon rats. Although this...
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