The glycine-51 (G51) codon in exon 3 of the rat Snca gene, encoding alpha-synuclein, was mutated to aspartic acid using CRISPR/Cas9 to generate the SncaG51D rat model of Parkinson’s (Morley et al. 2023). The G51D mutation causes an aggressive form of Parkinson’s and dementia with Lewy bodies in huma...
ORGANISM(S): Rattus norvegicus (Rat)