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Preferred term

Ataxins  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A family of predominantly nuclear proteins that regulate gene transcription and protein degradation. The expansion of CAG trinucleotide repeats in genes that encode Ataxins is associated with SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS (SCA). In SCA patients, the number of CAG repeats correlates with the severity of disease and inversely correlates with the age of disease onset.

Entry terms

  • Ataxin
  • Ataxin Protein
  • Ataxin Proteins
  • Spinocerebellar Ataxia Protein
  • Spinocerebellar Ataxia Proteins

In other languages

  • French

  • Protéines des ataxies spinocérébelleuses

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-SV6J01JM-8

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