Drosophila Niemann-Pick type C-2 genes control sterol homeostasis and steroid biosynthesis: a model of human neurodegenerative disease.

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Published in Development on September 05, 2007

Authors

Xun Huang1, James T Warren, Joann Buchanan, Lawrence I Gilbert, Matthew P Scott

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Developmental Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5439, USA.

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