Neurodegeneration-associated instability of ribosomal DNA

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease

Volumn 1842, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 860-868

  Hallgren, Justin ^a,b,d   Pietrzak, Maciej ^a,d   Rempala, Grzegorz ^b   Nelson, Peter T ^c   Hetman, Michal ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Genomic instability; Neurodegeneration; Nucleolus

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; GENOMIC DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S; RNA 28S; TRANSFER RNA;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; VERY ELDERLY; CELL AGING; GENETICS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; LEWY BODY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CELL AGING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMANS; LEWY BODIES; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE;

EID: 84897045343     PISSN: 09254439     EISSN: 1879260X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2013.12.012     Document Type: Article

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