TARDBP and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: In addition, the same group found that protein levels were also depleted in an experimental model of the disease, using transgenic mice expressing familial ALS-associated mutations in genes encoding copper-zinc superoxide disputes 1 (SOD1) G93A or TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) M337V, with these mutant mice displaying a phenotype that closely resembles clinical ALS.