title: Molecular genetics of spinocerebellar ataxia type 8 (SCA8).
abstract: We previously reported that a transcribed but untranslated CTG expansion causes a novel form of ataxia, spinocerebellar ataxia type 8 (SCA8) (Koob et al., 1999). SCA8 was the first example of a dominant spinocerebellar ataxia that is not caused by the expansion of a CAG repeat translated into a polyglutamine tract. This slowly progressive form of ataxia is characterized by dramatic repeat instability and a high degree of reduced penetrance. The clinical and genetic features of the disease are discussed below.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mosemiller
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Dalton
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Day
authors.forename: L P W
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Ranum
mesh_terms: D001933:Brain Stem / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D005796:Genes / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D010375:Pedigree; D019683:Penetrance; D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding; D022661:RNA, Untranslated; D020754:Spinocerebellar Ataxias / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D019680:Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C415906:ATXN8OS gene product, human; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding; D022661:RNA, Untranslated