Evidence for a predisposing background for CAG expansion leading to HTT mutation in a Chinese population

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 298, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 57-60

  Ma, Mingyi ^a   Yang, Yuan ^a   Shang, Huifang ^a   Su, Dan ^a   Zhang, Hao ^a   Ma, Yongxin ^a   Liu, Yunqiang ^a   Tao, Dachang ^a   Zhang, Sizhong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CAG repeat; CCG repeat; Chinese; HTT gene; Huntington's disease

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAG REPEAT; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 77958154407     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.08.024     Document Type: Article

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