Genetic variance in the spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (ATXN2) gene in children with severe early onset obesity.
BACKGROUND:Expansion of a CAG repeat in the coding region of exon 1 in the ATXN2 gene located in human chromosome 12q24.1 causes the neurodegenerative disease spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2). In contrast to other polyglutamine (polyQ) disorders, the SCA2 repeat is not highly polymorphic in cent...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009-12-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2791421?pdf=render |