Bonini, Nancy M.

Human neurodegenerative disease insights from Drosophila genetics / [electronic resource] : Nancy Bonini. - London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2008. - 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (56 min.) : color, sound). - The legacy of Drosophila genetics : from 'defining the gene' to 'analyzing genome function', 2056-452X . - Henry Stewart talks. Biomedical & life sciences collection. Legacy of Drosophila genetics : from 'defining the gene' to 'analyzing genome function'. .

Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration. Title from title frames.

Contents: The fly as a model for human disease -- Modelling human polyglutamine disease -- Molecular chaperones as modifiers of polyglutamine disease using the fly -- Importance and impact of disease protein function for effects of the toxic mutant protein -- Insights from the fly on the mutational basis of disease, in instability of the trinucleotide repeat expansion.

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