Methylation analysis of the fragile X syndrome by PCR

Genetic Testing

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 151-155

  Das, S ^a   Kubota, T ^a   Song, M ^a   Daniel, R ^a   Berry Kravis, E M ^b   Prior, T W ^c   Popovich, B ^d   Rosser, L ^e   Arinami, T ^f   Ledbetter, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FMR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOSAICISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MOSAICISM; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0007661976     PISSN: 10906576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/gte.1997.1.151     Document Type: Article

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