NIPA1 polyalanine repeat expansions are associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2497-2502

  Blauw, Hylke M ^a   Van rheenen, Wouter ^a   Koppers, Max ^a   Van Damme, Philip ^b,c   Waibel, Stefan ^d   Lemmens, Robin ^b,c   Van Vught, Paul W J ^a   Meyer, Thomas ^e   Schulte, Claudia ^f   Gasser, Thomas ^f   Cuppen, Edwin ^g   Pasterkamp, R Jeroen ^a   Robberecht, Wim ^b,c   Ludolph, Albert C ^d   Veldink, Jan H ^a   Van den Berg, Leonard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIPA1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ALLELES; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PEPTIDES;

EID: 84861156712     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds064     Document Type: Article

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