The role of the SMN gene in proximal spinal muscular atrophy

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1531-1536

  Lefebvre, Suzie ^a   Bürglen, Lydie ^a   Frézal, Jean ^a   Munnich, Arnold ^a   Melki, Judith ^b  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 5Q; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA PROCESSING; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SPLICEOSOME;

ANIMALS; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD; SPLICEOSOMES;

EID: 0031686467     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/7.10.1531     Document Type: Article

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