Analysis of the mRNA transcripts of the survival motor neuron (SMN) gene in the tissue of an SMA fetus and the peripheral blood mononuclear cells of normals, carriers and SMA patients

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-153

  Jong, Yuh Jyh ^a   Chang, Jan Gowth ^b,e   Lin, Shuan Pei ^b   Yang, Tzu Yao ^b   Wang, Jyh Chwan ^b   Chang, Chih Peng ^c   Lee, Cheng Chun ^e   Li, Hung ^d   Hsieh Li, Hsiu Mei ^d   Tsai, Chang Hai ^e  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c JEN AI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Messenger RNA (mRNA); SMA carrier; Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA); Survival motor neuron (SMN) gene; Transcript

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXON; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SPLICEOSOME; TELOMERE;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CENTROMERE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE DUPLICATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD; TELOMERE;

EID: 0034651615     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00325-1     Document Type: Article

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