A putative polymorphic Val44Ala variation in the synphilin-1 gene is undetectable in Japanese sporadic Parkinson's disease patients

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-18

  Satoh, J I ^a   Kuroda, Y ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Parkinson's disease; Polymorphism; Synphilin 1

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SYNPHILIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EXON; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; CARRIER PROTEINS; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0036393521     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2002.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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