Deletion of C9ORF72 results in motor neuron degeneration and stress sensitivity in C. elegans.

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Published in PLoS One on December 12, 2013

Authors

Martine Therrien1, Guy A Rouleau2, Patrick A Dion3, J Alex Parker4

Author Affiliations

1: Centre de Recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, Québec, Canada ; Département de Pathologie et Biologie Cellulaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
2: Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
3: Département de Pathologie et Biologie Cellulaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada ; Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
4: Centre de Recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, Québec, Canada ; Département de Pathologie et Biologie Cellulaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada ; Département de neuroscience, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

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