Lack of variation of ATTCT pentanucleotide repeats at ATXN10 gene between clinically diagnosed ataxia patients and normal individuals originated from Chinese Han

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-286

  Wang, Jun Ling ^a,b   Jiang, Hong ^a,b   Zhang, Shen ^a,b   Xu, Qian ^a,b   Zhou, Ya Fang ^a,b   Liao, Shu Sheng ^a,b   Shen, Lu ^a,b   Yan, Xin Xiang ^a,b   Zhu, Huai Xu ^c   Pan, Qian ^c   Xia, Kun ^c   Tang, Bei Sha ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c National Laboratory of Medical Genetics of China   (China)

Author keywords

ATXN10 gene; Capillary electrophoresis; Human genetics; Mutation detection; Nucleotide repeat; Spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 58549084417     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: 00221333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12041-008-0045-z     Document Type: Article

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