SMN oligomerization defect correlates with spinal muscular atrophy severity

Nature Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-66

  Lorson, Christian L ^a   Strasswimmer, John ^a   Yao, Jun Mei ^a   Baleja, James D ^a   Hahnen, Eric ^b   Wirth, Brunhilde ^b   Le, Thanh ^c   Burghes, Arthur H M ^c   Androphy, Elliot J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MISSENSE MUTATION; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0031800695     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0598-63     Document Type: Article

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