The gene encoding gigaxonin, a new member of the cytoskeletal BTB/kelch repeat family, is mutated in giant axonal neuropathy

Nature Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 370-374

  Bomont, Pascale ^a   Cavalier, Laurent ^b   Blondeau, François ^a   Hamida, Christiane Ben ^c   Belal, Samir ^c   Tazir, Meriem ^d   Demir, Ercan ^e   Topaloglu, Haluk ^e   Korinthenberg, Rudolf ^f   Tüysüz, Beyhan ^g   Landrieu, Pierre ^h   Hentati, Fayçal ^c   Koenig, Michel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Biochimie Genetique   (France)

^c Institut National de Neurologie Tunisia   (Tunisia)

^d CHU Mustapha   (Algeria)

^e HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^g ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033763056     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/81701     Document Type: Article

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