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Degeneration of the cerebellar granule cell layer in transgenic mice expressing genes of human foamy virus.
Neuropathology and applied neurobiology - 1 Feb 1998
Lampe J, Marino S, Rethwilm A, Aguzzi A
Abstract excerpt
Transgenic mice expressing various combinations of structural and regulatory genes of human foamy virus (HFV) develop a neurodegenerative syndrome. delta gpe transgenic mice (which express the auxiliary bel-1 and bet genes along with truncated forms of gag, pol, and env) develop a severe neurological syndrome consisting mainly of spastic tetraparesis and blindness, and show neuronal loss in the hippocampus and...
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