Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Elongator mutation in mice induces neurodegeneration and ataxia-like behavior

  • Marija Kojic,
  • Monika Gaik,
  • Bence Kiska,
  • Anna Salerno-Kochan,
  • Sarah Hunt,
  • Angelo Tedoldi,
  • Sergey Mureev,
  • Alun Jones,
  • Belinda Whittle,
  • Laura A. Genovesi,
  • Christelle Adolphe,
  • Darren L. Brown,
  • Jennifer L. Stow,
  • Kirill Alexandrov,
  • Pankaj Sah,
  • Sebastian Glatt,
  • Brandon J. Wainwright

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05765-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Elp6 is a component of the Elongator complex that regulates tRNAs and translation. Here the authors identify a mutation in the Elp6 gene that contributes to the cerebellar ataxia-like phenotype in a mutant mouse.