Transcriptional activation by the androgen receptor in X-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 12-16

  Nakajima, Hideto ^a   Kimura, Fumiharu ^a   Nakagawa, Toshimasa ^a   Furutama, Daisuke ^a   Shinoda, Keiichi ^a   Shimizu, Akira ^a   Ohsawa, Nakaaki ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

androgen receptor gene; CAG repeat; CAT assay; glutamine tract; NG108 15 cells; transcription factor; X linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; METRIBOLONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

EID: 0030272682     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(96)00142-6     Document Type: Article

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