ATXN2

Ataxin-2 is a is_associated_with::protein that in humans is encoded by the ATXN2 is_associated_with::gene.

In 2010, work from Aaron Gitler and Nancy Bonini at the is_associated_with::University of Pennsylvania discovered that intermediate-size CAG repeat expansions are significantly associated with risk for developing is_associated_with::amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease).