ミオトニック・ディストロフィーの筋肉盲のノックアウトモデル

Rahul N Kanadia1, Karen A Johnstone, Ami Mankodi

  • 1Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Powell Gene Therapy Center, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|December 13, 2003
PubMed
まとめ

ミオトニク・ディストロフィー (DM) は,繰り返された膨張から生じる. マウスのMbnl1遺伝子の破壊はDMのような症状を引き起こし,RNA配列化仮説を支持した.

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