Mutations in NPC1 highlight a conserved NPC1-specific cysteine-rich domain

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1252-1260

  Greer, Wenda L ^a,c   Dobson, M J ^b   Girouard, G S ^a   Byers, D M ^b   Riddell, D C ^a,b   Neumann, P E ^a,b  

^a Div of Molec Pathol and Molec G   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MISSENSE MUTATION; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0033358193     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302620     Document Type: Article

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