Ataxin 7

Ataxin 7 is a protein associated with both olivopontocerebellar atrophy type 3 (OPCA3) and spinocerebellar ataxia type 7 (SCA7).

• GeneReviews/NCBI/NIH/UW entry on Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 7
• ataxin-7 at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
• Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) 164500
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• Helmlinger D, Hardy S, Eberlin A, Devys D, Tora L (2006). “Both normal and polyglutamine- expanded ataxin-7 are components of TFTC-type GCN5 histone acetyltransferase- containing complexes”. Biochem Soc Symp (73): 155–63. PMID 16626296.
• Wang H, Yeh T, Chou A, Kuo Y, Luo L, He C, Huang P, Li A (2006). “Polyglutamine-expanded ataxin-7 activates mitochondrial apoptotic pathway of cerebellar neurons by upregulating Bax and downregulating Bcl-x(L)”. Cell Signal. 18 (4): 541–52. doi:10.1016/j.cellsig.2005.05.024. PMID 15964171.
• Ansorge O, Giunti P, Michalik A, Van Broeckhoven C, Harding B, Wood N, Scaravilli F (2004). “Ataxin-7 aggregation and ubiquitination in infantile SCA7 with 180 CAG repeats”. Ann Neurol. 56 (3): 448–52. doi:10.1002/ana.20230. PMID 15349877.
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