Monday, November 17, 2014

Flies used in a study related to Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome and Nonprogressive Motor Neuropathy

Herrmann DN, Horvath R, Sowden JE, Gonzales M, Sanchez-Mejias A, Guan Z, Whittaker RG, Almodovar JL, Lane M, Bansagi B, Pyle A, Boczonadi V, Lochmüller H, Griffin H, Chinnery PF, Lloyd TE, Littleton JT, Zuchner S. Synaptotagmin 2 mutations cause an autosomal-dominant form of lambert-eaton myasthenic syndrome and nonprogressive motor neuropathy. Am J Hum Genet. 2014 Sep 4;95(3):332-9. PMID: 25192047; PMCID: PMC4157148.

From the abstract: "... Characterization of the mutation homologous to the human c.920A>C variant in Drosophila Synaptotagmin revealed a dominant disruption of synaptic vesicle exocytosis using this transgenic model. ..."

No comments:

Post a Comment