Epidemiology and molecular mechanism of frontotemporal lobar degeneration/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with repeat expansion mutation in C9orf72

Journal of Neurogenetics

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 2015, Pages 85-94

  Ishiura, Hiroyuki ^a   Tsuji, Shoji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

ALS; C9orf72; FTLD; molecular epidemiology; repeat expansion

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; GUANINE QUADRUPLEX; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; C9ORF72 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CPG ISLAND; FOUNDER EFFECT; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAPLOTYPE; HEXANUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON DISEASE LIKE SYNDROME; JAPAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENETRANCE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION; GENETICS; MUTATION; PREVALENCE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; MUTATION; PREVALENCE; PROTEINS;

EID: 84946575587     PISSN: 01677063     EISSN: 15635260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01677063.2015.1085980     Document Type: Article

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