Erratum: Generation and analysis of innovative genomically humanized knockin , (TDP-43), and mouse models.

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Generation and analysis of innovative genomically humanized knockin , (TDP-43), and mouse models.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/frontotemporal dementia (ALS/FTD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder, and continued innovation is needed for improved understanding and for developing therapeutics. We have created next-generation knockin mouse models, by replacing the mouse genomic region of , (TDP-43), and , with their human orthologs, preserving human protein biochemistry and splicing with exons and introns intact. We establish a new standard of large knockin allele quality control, demonstrating the utility of indirect capture for enrichment of a genomic region of interest followed by Oxford Nanopore sequencing.

Mice with endogenous TDP-43 mutations exhibit gain of splicing function and characteristics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

TDP-43 (encoded by the gene ) is an RNA binding protein central to the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). However, how mutations trigger pathogenesis remains unknown. Here, we use novel mouse mutants carrying point mutations in endogenous to dissect TDP-43 function at physiological levels both and Interestingly, we find that mutations within the C-terminal domain of TDP-43 lead to a gain of splicing function.

Bartonella in Rodents and Ectoparasites in the Canary Islands, Spain: New Insights into Host-Vector-Pathogen Relationships.

Bartonella genus is comprised of several species of zoonotic relevance and rodents are reservoirs for some of these Bartonella species. As there were no data about the range of Bartonella species circulating among rodents in the Canary Islands, our main aim was to overcome this lack of knowledge by targeting both the citrate synthase (gltA) and the RNA polymerase beta subunit (rpoB) genes. A total of 181 small mammals and 154 ectoparasites were obtained in three of the Canary Islands, namely Tenerife, La Palma, and Lanzarote.