Evolutionary scenario for acquisition of CAG repeats in human SCA1 gene

Gene

Volumn 373, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 23-27

  Kurosaki, Tatsuaki ^a   Ninokata, Aya ^a   Wang, Li ^b   Ueda, Shintaroh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Glutamine repeat; Primate; SCA1; Spinocerebellar ataxia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ATAXIN 1; CYSTEINE; GUANINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 1 GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLUTAMINE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; STREPSIRHINI; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

ATAXIA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; HOMO; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; SIMIA; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 33646260453     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2005.12.017     Document Type: Article

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