Molecular cloning and expression of a novel human cDNA containing CAG repeats

Gene

Volumn 204, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 71-77

  Takeuchi, Tamotsu ^a   Chen, Bing Kun ^a   Qiu, Yue ^a   Sonobe, Hiroshi ^a   Ohtsuki, Yuji ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; opa gene; PCR; Trinucleotide disease

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THYMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; VOLUNTEER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0031578911     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00525-8     Document Type: Article

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