Inactivation of the survival motor neuron gene, a candidate gene for human spinal muscular atrophy, leads to massive cell death in early mouse embryos.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on September 02, 1997

Authors

B Schrank1, R Götz, J M Gunnersen, J M Ure, K V Toyka, A G Smith, M Sendtner

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1: Department of Neurology, University of Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany.

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