The onconeural antigen Nova-1 is a neuron-specific RNA-binding protein, the activity of which is inhibited by paraneoplastic antibodies

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1114-1122

  Buckanovich, Ronald J ^a   Yang, Yolanda Y L ^a   Darnell, Robert B ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

neuron specific gene expression; Nova 1 onconeural antigen; opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia; paraneoplastic neurological disease; RNA binding protein

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; HUMAN; OPSOCLONUS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0029875911     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-03-01114.1996     Document Type: Article

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