Mutations in the lysyl oxidase gene are not associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 93-97

  Chioza, B A ^a   Ujfalusy, A ^a   Csiszar, K ^a   Leigh, P N ^a   Powell, J F ^a   Radunovic A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Copper; Lysyl oxidase gene; Polymorphism; Skin

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; COLLAGEN; COPPER; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ELASTIN; GLYCINE; PROLINE; PROTEIN LYSINE 6 OXIDASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; COPPER; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN-LYSINE 6-OXIDASE; RATS;

EID: 0034811310     PISSN: 14660822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/146608201316949532     Document Type: Article

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