Identification of a candidate modifying gene for spinal muscular atrophy by comparative genomics

Nature Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-86

  Scharf, Jeremiah M ^a   Endrizzi, Matthew G ^b   Wetter, Axel ^c   Huang, Sidong ^b   Thompson, Terri G ^d   Zerres, Klaus ^c   Dietrich, William F ^b   Wirth, Brunhilde ^c   Kunkel, Louis M ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; GENE DELETION; GENETIC MARKERS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031710558     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/1753     Document Type: Article

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