Characterization of the dipeptide repeat protein in the molecular pathogenesis of c9FTD/ALS

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1630-1645

  Yamakawa, Mai ^a   Ito, Daisuke ^a   Honda, Takao ^a   Kubo, Ken Ichiro ^a   Noda, Mariko ^a   Nakajima, Kazunori ^a   Suzuki, Norihiro ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; BASIC PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIPEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; DIPEPTIDE REPEAT PROTEIN; GLYCINE; PROLINE; PROTEASOME; PROTEIN P62; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; C9ORF72 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN; REPETITIVE DNA;

ALLELE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CELL CULTURE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL INCLUSION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CODON USAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EMBRYO; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITE; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RNA METABOLISM; START CODON; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; UBIQUITIN PROTEASOME SYSTEM; UBIQUITINATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHLOROCEBUS AETHIOPS; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DNA REPEAT EXPANSION; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; MICE; NEURONS; PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; UBIQUITIN;

EID: 84936157423     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddu576     Document Type: Article

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