Low mRNA levels of RGS4 splice variants in Alzheimer's disease: Association between a rare haplotype and decreased mRNA expression

Synapse

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 173-176

  Emilsson, L ^a   Saetre, P ^a   Jazin, E ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Neurodegeneration; Real time RT PCR; RGS splice variants; SNP

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; RGS PROTEIN; RGS4 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RGS4 GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALLELES; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RGS PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 31144466836     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.20226     Document Type: Article

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