Diverse expression of selected SMN complex proteins in humans with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and in a transgenic rat model of familial form of the disease.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:There is circumstantial evidence linking sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) cases to a malfunction or deficit of a multimeric SMN complex that scrutinizes cellular RNAs; the core of this complex is survival motor neuron (SMN, or gemin 1) protein. We intended to ver...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4133261?pdf=render |