Analysis of mutations in the tudor domain of the survival motor neuron protein SMN

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 519-525

  Mohaghegh, Payam ^a   Rodrigues, Nanda R ^a   Owen, Nicholas ^a   Ponting, Christopher P ^c   Le, Thanh T ^b   Burghes, Arthur H M ^b   Davies, Kay E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gemini of coiled bodies; Spinal muscular atrophy; Survival motor neuron; Tudor domains

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOTONEURON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA PROCESSING; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

EID: 0032794358     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200346     Document Type: Article

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