Article Information
- Received July 28, 2004
- Revision received January 3, 2005
- Accepted January 3, 2005
- First published February 9, 2005.
- Version of record published February 9, 2005.
Author Information
- Steven S. Scherer1,
- Yi-Tian Xu1,
- Albee Messing4,
- Klaus Willecke3,
- Kenneth H. Fischbeck1,5, and
- Linda Jo Bone Jeng2
- 1Department of Neurology and 2Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Group, The University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, 3Institut fuer Genetik der Universitat Bonn, Abteilung Molekulargenetik, D-53117 Bonn, Germany, 4Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, and 5Neurogenetics Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke-National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1250
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Disclosures
- Received July 28, 2004.
- Revision received January 3, 2005.
- Accepted January 3, 2005.
This work was supported by the Medical Scientist Training Program (L.J.B.J.) and by National Institutes of Health Grants RO1 NS08075 (K.H.F. and S.S.S.) and RO1 NS42878 (S.S.S.). We thank Drs. Scott Kasner, John Kern, and especially Rachel Weinstein for statistical advice; Marion Oronzi Scott and Drs. Suzanne Deschênes and Diane Merry for helpful discussions; Qian Chen, Melissa Davey, Sharon Seltzer, Erich Sirkowski, Denise Springman, and Suping Wang for technical assistance; Dr. Larry Wrabetz for the gift of the Mpz promoter and advice on PCR site-directed mutagenesis; and Drs. David Colman, Elliot Hertzberg, Virginia Lee, Sarah Piddleston, and James Salzer for antibodies.
Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Steven S. Scherer, The University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 464 Stemmler Hall, 36th Street and Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6077. E-mail: sscherer{at}mail.med.upenn.edu.
L. J. B. Jeng's present address: Departments of Pediatrics and Genetics and Center for Human Genetics, University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106.
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