Variants of the elongator protein 3 (ELP3) gene are associated with motor neuron degeneration

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 472-481

  Simpson, Claire L ^a   Lemmens, Robin ^b   Miskiewicz, Katarzyna ^b,c   Broom, Wendy J ^d   Hansen, Valerie K ^a   van Vught, Paul W J ^e   Landers, John E ^d   Sapp, Peter ^d,f   van Den Bosch, Ludo ^b,c   Knight, Joanne ^a   Neale, Benjamin M ^a   Turner, Martin R ^a   Veldink, Jan H ^e   Ophoff, Roel A ^e,g   Tripathi, Vineeta B ^a   Beleza, Ana ^a   Shah, Meera N ^a   Proitsi, Petroula ^a   Van Hoecke, Annelies ^b,c   Carmeliet, Peter ^c   Horvitz, H Robert ^f   Leigh, P Nigel ^a   Shaw, Christopher E ^a   van den Berg, Leonard H ^e   Sham, Pak C ^h   Powell, John F ^a   Verstreken, Patrik ^b,c   Brown Jr , Robert H ^d   Robberecht, Wim ^b,c   Al Chalabi, Ammar ^a   more..

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATOR PROTEIN 3; RNA POLYMERASE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOSS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PARALLEL DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; ZEBRA FISH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 58749097964     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddn375     Document Type: Article

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