Are there CAG repeat expansion-related disorders outside the central nervous system?

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 259-264

  Ferro, Paola ^a   Dell'Eva, Raffaella ^a   Pfeffer, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Apical ectodermal ridge; DLX; Homeobox gene; Limb morphogenesis; Neurodegeneration; Poly glutamine; Striatum; Triplet repeat expansion

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; POLYGLUTAMINE; PROTEASOME;

ALLELE; APOPTOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LIMB MALFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FOOT DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HAND DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; PEPTIDES; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 0035504549     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(01)00663-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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