Motoneuronal cell death is not correlated with aggregate formation of androgen receptors containing an elongated polyglutamine tract

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 133-144

  Simeoni, Silvia ^b   Mancini, Michael A ^a   Stenoien, David L ^a   Marcelli, Marco ^a   Weigel, Nancy L ^a   Zanisi, Mariarosa ^b   Martini, Luciano ^b   Poletti, Angelo ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; POLYGLUTAMINE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034098057     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/9.1.133     Document Type: Article

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