Bovine CACNA1A gene and comparative analysis of the CAG repeats associated to human spinocerebellar ataxia type-6

Gene

Volumn 380, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-61

  Andrés Mateos, Eva ^a   Cruces, Jesús ^a,b   Renart, Jaime ^b   Solís Garrido, Luisa M ^a   Serantes, Rocío ^a   de Lucas Cerrillo, Ana M ^a   Montiel, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bovine 1A subunit; Chromaffin cells; P Q type Ca2+ channels; poly(Q) tracts; SCA 6

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; APE; ARTICLE; CACNA1A GENE; CHROMAFFIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EXON; FISH; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; RODENT; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TANDEM REPEAT;

ATAXIA; BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 33747873425     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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