Transglutaminase activity is related to CAG repeat length in patients with Huntington's disease

Human Genetics

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 633-635

  Cariello, Lucio ^a   De Cristofaro, Tiziana ^b   Zanetti, Laura ^a   Cuomo, Teresa ^b   Di Maio, Luigi ^b   Campanella, Giuseppe ^b   Rinaldi, Silvana ^b   Zanetti, Paolo ^c   Di Lauro, Roberto ^a   Varrone, Stelio ^b  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; REPETITIVE DNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 10544228522     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050273     Document Type: Article

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