SCA8 repeat expansion: Large CTA/CTG repeat alleles in neurological disorders and functional implications

Human Genetics

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 437-444

  Wu, Yih Ru ^a   Chen, I Cheng ^b   Soong, Bing Wen ^c   Kao, Shih Huan ^b   Lee, Ghin Chueh ^b   Huang, Shu Yi ^b   Fung, Hon Chung ^a   Lee Chen, Guey Jen ^b   Chen, Chiung Mei ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ATAXIN 8; BENZYLOXYCARBONYLLEUCYLLEUCYLLEUCINAL; CASPASE 3; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; LEVODOPA; LUCIFERASE; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; STAUROSPORINE; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY CELL; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TAIWAN; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL LINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LEUPEPTINS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PYRIMIDINES; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; STAUROSPORINE; SULFONAMIDES; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 67349283992     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-009-0641-x     Document Type: Article

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