CAG tract of MJD-1 may be prone to frameshifts causing polyalanine accumulation

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 1957-1966

  Gaspar, Claudia ^a   Jannatipour, Merhdad ^a   Dion, Patrick ^a   Laganière, Janet ^a   Sequeiros, Jorge ^b   Brais, Bernard ^a,c   Rouleau, Guy A ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ALANINE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; POLYAMINOACID; POLYMER; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HYPOTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOBLAST; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OCULOPHARYNGEAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0034641593     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/9.13.1957     Document Type: Article

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