Functional analysis of intra-allelic variation at NACP-Rep1 in the α-synuclein gene

Human Genetics

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 426-431

  Chib Falek, Ornit ^a   Touchman, Jeffrey W ^b,c,d   Nussbaum, Robert L ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; LUCIFERASE; NUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; ALPHA SYNUCLEIN REP1 ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENES, REPORTER; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROBLASTOMA; PEDIGREE; SYNUCLEINS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0142070814     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-003-1002-9     Document Type: Article

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