Meiotic instability of the CAG repeats in the SCA6/CACNA1A gene in two Japanese SCA6 families

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-107

  Shimazaki, Haruo ^a   Takiyama, Yoshihisa ^a   Sakoe, Kumi ^a   Amaike, Miho ^a   Nagaki, Hiromi ^a   Namekawa, Michito ^a   Sasaki, Hidenao ^b   Nakano, Imaharu ^a   Nishizawa, Masatoyo ^c  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CAG repeats; De novo expansion; Meiotic instability; Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXON; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MEIOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; CEREBELLUM; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MEIOSIS; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 0035310417     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(01)00466-X     Document Type: Article

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