Fine mapping of the α-T catenin gene to a quantitative trait locus on chromosome 10 in late-onset Alzheimer's disease pedigrees

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 3133-3143

  Ertekin Taner, Nilüfer ^a   Ronald, James ^a   Asahara, Hideaki ^a   Younkin, Linda ^a   Hella, Maria ^a   Jain, Shushant ^a   Gnida, Eugene ^a   Younkin, Samuel ^a   Fadale, Daniel ^a   Ohyagi, Yasumasa ^b   Singleton, Adam ^a   Scanlin, Leah ^a   de Andrade, Mariza ^c   Petersen, Ronald ^c   Graff Radford, Neill ^d   Hutton, Michael ^a   Younkin, Steven ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PRESENILIN 1;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 10; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA CATENIN; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 10; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 0344668728     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddg343     Document Type: Article

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