Cell-type specific differences in promoter activity of the ALS-linked C9orf72 mouse ortholog

Abstract A hexanucleotide repeat expansion in the C9orf72 gene is the most common cause of inherited forms of the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Both loss-of-function and gain-of-function mechanisms have been proposed to underlie this disease, but the pathogenic pathw...

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Main Authors: Abraham J. Langseth, Juhyun Kim, Janet E. Ugolino, Yajas Shah, Ho-Yon Hwang, Jiou Wang, Dwight E. Bergles, Solange P. Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05864-2