A mutation in the vesicle-trafficking protein VAPB causes late-onset spinal muscular atrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 822-831

  Nishimura, Agnes L ^a   Mitne Neto, Miguel ^a   Silva, Helga C A ^a,b   Richieri Costa, Antônio ^b   Middleton, Susan ^c   Cascio, Duilio ^d   Kok, Fernando ^a   Oliveira, João R M ^a   Gillingwater, Tom ^c   Webb, Jeanette ^c   Skehel, Paul ^c   Zatz, Mayana ^a,b  

^a Biosciences Institute   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYNAPTOBREVIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICLE TRAFFICKING PROTEIN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MICROTUBULE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOTONEURON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

PIERIS BRASSICAE;

EID: 6344257200     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425287     Document Type: Article

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