An untranslated CTG expansion causes a novel form of spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA8)

Nature Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 379-384

  Koob, Michael D ^a   Moseley, Melinda L ^a   Schut, Lawrence J ^a   Benzow, Kellie A ^a   Bird, Thomas D ^b   Day, John W ^a   Ranum, Laura P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHROMOSOME 13Q; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEGREGATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIMB MOVEMENT; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENETRANCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSLATION;

ALLELES; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; UNTRANSLATED REGIONS;

EID: 0032900772     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/7710     Document Type: Article

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