Molecular analysis of SMN, NAIP and P44 genes of SMA patients and their families

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 190, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 35-40

  Tsai, Chang Hai ^a   Jong, Yuh Jyh ^b   Hu, Chaur Jong ^c   Chen, Chih Mei ^a   Shih, Mu Chin ^a   Chang, Chih Peng ^c   Chang, Jan Gowth ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c JEN AI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese; NAIP; P44; SMA; SMN

Indexed keywords

BIRC1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; INITIATION FACTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; NEURONAL APOPTOSIS INHIBITORY PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SMN PROTEIN (SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY);

ANTERIOR HORN CELL; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CHINA; EXON; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEREDITARY SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; TELOMERE;

ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; CHIMERA; CHINA; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONAL APOPTOSIS-INHIBITORY PROTEIN; PEDIGREE; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; PHENOTYPE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD; TELOMERE;

EID: 0035885785     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(01)00574-3     Document Type: Article

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