"Ataxins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D000067528
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.631.069 D12.776.660.075
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| Concept/Terms |
Ataxins- Ataxins
- Spinocerebellar Ataxia Proteins
- Ataxia Proteins, Spinocerebellar
- Proteins, Spinocerebellar Ataxia
- Ataxin Proteins
- Proteins, Ataxin
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