Phylogenetic analysis of the Friedreich ataxia GAA trinucleotide repeat

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 232-238

  Justice, Cristina M ^a   Den, Zhining ^a   Nguyen, Son V ^a   Stoneking, Mark ^c   Deininger, Prescott L ^d   Batzer, Mark A ^a   Keats, Bronya J B ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

FRDA gene; Friedreich ataxia; GAA trinucleotide repeat; Humans; Nonhuman primate; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; DNA DETERMINATION; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE DEGENERATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ATAXIA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; HOMINIDAE; MACACA MULATTA; PAN (APE); PRIMATES; SAGUINUS IMPERATOR;

FRATAXIN;

EID: 0035054010     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002390010151     Document Type: Article

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