Als2-deficient mice exhibit disturbances in endosome trafficking associated with motor behavioral abnormalities.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on June 12, 2006

Authors

R S Devon1, P C Orban, K Gerrow, M A Barbieri, C Schwab, L P Cao, J R Helm, N Bissada, R Cruz-Aguado, T-L Davidson, J Witmer, M Metzler, C K Lam, W Tetzlaff, E M Simpson, J M McCaffery, A E El-Husseini, B R Leavitt, M R Hayden

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, 980 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5Z 4H4.

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