Identification of a self-association region within the SCA1 gene product, ataxin-1

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 513-518

  Burright, Eric N ^a,b   Davidson, Jennifer D ^b   Duvick, Lisa A ^b   Koshy, Beena ^c   Zognbi, Huda Y ^c   Orr, Harry T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GLUTAMINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; POLYAMINOACID;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; YEASTS;

ATAXIA;

EID: 0030933679     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.4.513     Document Type: Article

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