Cloning of the SCA7 gene reveals a highly unstable CAG repeat expansion

Nature Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-70

  David, Gilles ^a   Abbas, Nacer ^a   Stevanin, Giovanni ^a   Dürr, Alexandra ^a   Yvert, Gaël ^b   Cancel, Géraldine ^a   Weber, Chantal ^b   Imbert, Georges ^b   Saudou, Frédéric ^b   Antoniou, Eric ^c   Drabkin, Harry ^c   Gemmill, Robert ^c   Giunti, Paola ^d   Benomar, Ali ^e   Wood, Nick ^d   Ruberg, Merle ^a   Agid, Yves ^a   Mandel, Jean Louis ^b   Brice, Alexis ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Hop des Spécialités   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHROMOSOME 3P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION;

ATAXIA;

EID: 16944364511     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0997-65     Document Type: Article

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