Article
Analysis of compound heterozygous mice reveals that the Trembler mutation can behave as a gain-of-function allele.
Journal of neuroscience research - 15 Sept 1997
Adlkofer K, Naef R, Suter U
Abstract excerpt
The most common form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, CMT1A, is correlated with a 1.5 megabase duplication on chromosome 17p.11.2 containing the peripheral myelin protein 22 (PMP22) gene. Deletion of the same region is associated with a second inherited neural disorder, the hereditary neuropathy w...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Behavior, Animal
- Blotting, Western
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
- Disease Models, Animal
- Female
- Genotype
- Hereditary Sensory and Motor Neuropathy
- Heterozygote
- Immunohistochemistry
- Male
