An analysis of the entire SOD1 gene in sporadic ALS

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 545-552

  Luquin, Natasha ^a,b   Yu, Bing ^a,b   Trent, Ronald J ^a,b   Morahan, Julia M ^a,b   Pamphlett, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

ALS; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Introns; Non coding; Promoter; SOD1; Somatic mutation; Splice sites; Superoxide dismutase 1

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENHANCER REGION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; INTRON; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; EXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 46449104316     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2008.04.013     Document Type: Article

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