Identification, localization and characterization of the human γ-synuclein gene

Human Genetics

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 106-112

  Lavedan, Christian ^b   Leroy, Elisabeth ^a   Dehejia, Anindya ^a   Buchholtz, Stephanie ^a   Dutra, Amalia ^a   Nussbaum, Robert L ^a   Polymeropoulos, Mihael H ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GAMMA SYNUCLEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BREAST CARCINOMA; CHROMOSOME 10Q; DATA BASE; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OVARY TUMOR; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ADULT; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-SYNUCLEIN; BRAIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 10; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EXONS; FEMALE; GAMMA-SYNUCLEIN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYNUCLEINS;

EID: 0031705984     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050792     Document Type: Article

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