The expanded CAG repeat associated with juvenile Huntington disease shows a common origin of most or all neurons and glia in human cerebrum

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 286, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 203-207

  Kahlem, Pascal ^a   Djian, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Huntington disease; Poly(CAG); Somatic mosaicism

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GERM LINE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MOSAICISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MOSAICISM; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0034625562     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01029-6     Document Type: Article

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