The identification and suppression of inherited neurodegeneration in
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The dominant mutationresults in a toxic gene product that leads to the late-onset degeneration of a small number of neurons in the nematode. Both intragenic and extragenic mutations as well as changes in wild-type gene dosage can delay or block the time of onset of the neuronal deaths. Thegene has been cloned and a partial complementary DNA reveals that the gene encodes a novel protein that may act as a membrane receptor. Because the late-onset loss of specific sets of neurons, often as a result of dominant mutations, is characteristic of several human neurodegenerative diseases, the analysis of thegene and its suppressors may provide a means of understanding the mechanisms underlying some of these human diseases.
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Biotechnology Free living nematodes genome analysis Molecular genetics Mutations nematology human diseases
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10.1038/345410a0
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