The FMR1 CGG repeat mouse displays ubiquitin-positive intranuclear neuronal inclusions; implications for the cerebellar tremor/ataxia syndrome

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 949-959

  Willemsen, Rob ^a   Hoogeveen Westerveld, Marianne ^a   Reis, Surya ^a   Holstege, Joan ^a   Severijnen, Lies Anne W F M ^a   Nieuwenhuizen, Ingeborg M ^a   Schrier, Mariette ^a   van Unen, Leontine ^a   Tassone, Flora ^b   Hoogeveen, Andre T ^a   Hagerman, Paul J ^b   Mientjes, Edwin J ^a   Oostra, Ben A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; GUANINE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 40; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEASOME; UBIQUITIN;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CELL SIZE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREMOR; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION; UBIQUITIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038025990     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddg114     Document Type: Review

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