Sticky mouse

Sticky mouse is a murine mutant possessing a defective alanyl-tRNA synthetase (AARS)[1] and therefore used in investigational studies into mechanisms of neuronal degeneration. Its most immediately obvious symptom is a sticky secretion on the mouse's fur (thus the name); however, it is accompanied by lack of muscle control, ataxia, alopecia, loss of Purkinje cells in the cerebellum, and eventually, death.

Sticky mouse is one of several animal mutants that are known to have problems in mRNA translation and are used in studies.[2]

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References

  1. ^ Roy H, Ibba M (September 2006). "Molecular biology: sticky end in protein synthesis". Nature 443 (7107): 41–2. doi:10.1038/nature05002. PMID 16906138. 
  2. ^ Scheper GC, van der Knaap MS, Proud CG (September 2007). "Translation matters: protein synthesis defects in inherited disease". Nat. Rev. Genet. 8 (9): 711–23. doi:10.1038/nrg2142. PMID 17680008. 

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