Identification and characterization of a new alpha-synuclein isoform and its role in Lewy body diseases

Neurogenetics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-23

  Beyer, Katrin ^a,d   Domingo Sábat, Montserrat ^a   Lao, José I ^b   Carrato, Cristina ^a,d   Ferrer, Isidro ^c,d   Ariza, Aurelio ^a,d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b Laboratorio de Analisis Dr Echevarne   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d ICS Institute of Neuropathology   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alpha synuclein; Alzheimer disease; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Differential isoform expression; mRNA expression

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; ALPHA SYNUCLEIN 98; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; EXON; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; EXONS; FETUS; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 38649119157     PISSN: 13646745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10048-007-0106-0     Document Type: Article

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