Article
A serine-to-proline mutation in the copper-transporting P-type ATPase gene of the macular mouse.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society - 1 Jun 1997
Mori M, Nishimura M
Abstract excerpt
We have investigated the cDNA sequence of the copper-transporting P-type ATPase (Atp7a) gene of the macular mouse, a model for human Menkes disease. A point mutation (T to C) that results in substitution of proline for serine in a putative eighth transmembrane domain of the ATP7A was identified. This contrasts with abnormalities identified in the Atp7a of other mottled mouse strains: lack of expression of Atp7a...
Topics
- Adenosine Triphosphatases
- Animals
- Carrier Proteins
- Cation Transport Proteins
- Copper-Transporting ATPases
- Deoxyribonuclease BamHI
- Disease Models, Animal
- Female
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Male
