High frequency of Machado-Joseph disease identified in Southeastern Chinese kindreds with spinocerebellar ataxia

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Gan, Shi Rui ^a,b   Shi, Sheng Sheng ^a,b   Wu, Jian Jun ^a   Wang, Ning ^b   Zhao, Gui Xian ^a   Weng, Sheng Tong ^b   Murong, Shen Xing ^b   Lu, Chuan Zhen ^a   Wu, Zhi Ying ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CYTIDINE; GENE PRODUCT; GUANIDINE; PROTEIN ATXN3; TAQ POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ATXN3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NERVE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; ASIAN; CHINA; EXON; GENETICS;

ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; EXONS; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MACHADO-JOSEPH DISEASE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 77952312604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-11-47     Document Type: Article

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