Understanding the dynamics of Spinocerebellar Ataxia 8 (SCA8) locus through a comparative genetic approach in humans and apes

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 336, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 143-146

  Andres A M ^a   Soldevila, M ^a   Saitou, N ^b   Volpini, V ^c   Calafell, F ^a   Bertranpetit, Jaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c Institut de Recerca Oncologica   (Spain)

Author keywords

CAG repeats; Chimpanzees; Microsatellite; Primates; Short tandem repeat; Spinocerebellar Ataxia 8 (SCA8); Tinucleotide repeat expansion

Indexed keywords

TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; APE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TANDEM REPEAT; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0037461574     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)01249-1     Document Type: Article

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