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Machado-Joseph disease gene product identified in lymphocytes and brain.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 17 Apr 1997
Wang G, Ide K, Nukina N, Goto J, Ichikawa Y, Uchida K, Sakamoto T, Kanazawa I
Abstract excerpt
Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) is associated with the expansion of an unstable CAG repeat. The existence of an abnormal gene product in MJD was previously suggested with the expanded polyglutamine stretch-specific antibody. However, the product of the normal allele has not previously been identified. We generated monoclonal antibodies against the fusion protein (codon 225-310) of the MJD gene product and then...
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