The survival motor neuron protein in spinal muscular atrophy

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1205-1214

  Coovert, Daniel D ^a   Le, Thanh T ^b   McAndrew, Patricia E ^b   Strasswimmer, John ^c,d   Crawford, Thomas O ^e   Mendell, Jerry R ^b   Coulson, Susan E ^a   Androphy, Elliot J ^c,d   Prior, Thomas W ^b   Burghes, Arthur H M ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROMERE; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBROBLAST; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYMPHOCYTE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTROMERE; CHICKENS; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPINAL CORD; TELOMERE;

EID: 8544283791     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.8.1205     Document Type: Article

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