CAG-encoded polyglutamine length polymorphism in the human genome

BMC Genomics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Butland, Stefanie L ^a   Devon, Rebecca S ^b   Huang, Yong ^a   Mead, Carri Lyn ^a   Meynert, Alison M ^a   Neal, Scott J ^b   Lee, Soo Sen ^a   Wilkinson, Anna ^a   Yang, George S ^c   Yuen, Macaire M S ^a   Hayden, Michael R ^b,d   Holt, Robert A ^c,d   Leavitt, Blair R ^b,d   Ouellete, B F Francis ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ATAXIN 1; ATAXIN 3; ATAXIN 7; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; DNA; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HUNTINGTIN; POLYGLUTAMINE; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN GENOME; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; KENNEDY DISEASE; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; VARIANCE; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETICS; GENOME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 34347242503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-8-126     Document Type: Article

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