Broad AOX expression in a genetically tractable mouse model does not disturb normal physiology
Marten Szibor, Praveen K. Dhandapani, Eric Dufour, Kira M. Holmström, Yuan Zhuang, Isabelle Salwig, Ilka Wittig, Juliana Heidler, Zemfira Gizatullina, Timur Gainutdinov, German Mouse Clinic Consortium, Helmut Fuchs, Valérie Gailus-Durner, Martin Hrabě de Angelis, Jatin Nandania, Vidya Velagapudi, Astrid Wietelmann, Pierre Rustin, Frank N. Gellerich, Howard T. Jacobs, Thomas Braun
Summary: Previous limitations are overcome in this first genetically tractable mouse model expressing invertebrate alternative oxidase, AOX, which can suppress pathological stresses in the mitochondrial respiratory chain.