Expression of the SMN gene, the spinal muscular atrophy determining gene, in the mammalian central nervous system

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1961-1971

  Battaglia, Giorgio ^a   Princivalle, Alessandra ^a   Forti, Francesca ^a   Lizier, Carlotta ^a   Zeviani, Massimo ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MONKEY; MOTONEURON; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BASE SEQUENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COS CELLS; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MACACA NEMESTRINA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RABBITS; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0030776040     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.11.1961     Document Type: Article

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