Patterns of CAG repeat interruptions in SCA1 and SCA2 genes in relation to repeat instability

Human Mutation

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 236-247

  Sobczak, Krzysztof ^a   Krzyzosiak, Wlodzimierz J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Repeat expansion; SCA1; SCA2; SSCP duplex analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCA1 GENE; SCA2 GENE; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; ASIA; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLAND; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PROTEINS; SIBERIA; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4143125649     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/humu.20075     Document Type: Article

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