Article
C9ORF72 mutations in neurodegenerative diseases.
Molecular neurobiology - 1 Feb 2014
Liu Ying, Yu Jin-Tai, Zong Yu, Zhou Jing, Tan Lan
Abstract excerpt
Recent works have demonstrated an expansion of the GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeat in the first intron of chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 (C9ORF72), encoding an unknown C9ORF72 protein, which was responsible for an unprecedented large proportion of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) cases of European ancestry. C9ORF72 is expressed in most tissues including the brain. Emerging...
Topics
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Animals
- C9orf72 Protein
- Frontotemporal Dementia
- Humans
- Mutation
- Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Proteins
