A nonpathogenic GAAGGA repeat in the Friedreich gene: Implications for pathogenesis

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1854-1857

  Ohshima, K ^a   Sakamoto, N ^d   Labuda, M ^a   Poirier, J ^a   Moseley, M L ^e   Montermini, L ^a   Ranum, L P W ^e   Wells, R D ^d   Pandolfo, Massimo ^a,b,c  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Friedreich ataxia; GAA triplet repeats; Hexanucleotide repeats; Transcription

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PATHOGENESIS; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033544301     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.8.1854     Document Type: Article

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