α-Tocopherol transfer protein gene: Exon skipping of all transcripts causes ataxia

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 584-588

  Tamaru, Y ^a,b   Hirano, M ^a,c   Kusaka, H ^b   Ito, H ^b   Imai, T ^b   Ueno, S ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kitano Hospital   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA PRECURSOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; EXON; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

EID: 0030850990     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.2.584     Document Type: Article

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