Mutant vasoprenssin precursors in the human hypothalamus: Evidence for neuronal somatic mutations in man

Neuroscience

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1025-1030

  Evans, D A P ^a,b   Burbach, J P H ^b   Swaab, D F ^a   Van Leeuwen, F W ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Frameshift mutation; Genomic instability; Neurohypophysics; Oxytocin; Paraventricular nucleus; Supraoptic nucleus

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MUTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0030005829     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00501-3     Document Type: Article

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