Hypermethylation of telomere-like foldbacks at codon 12 of the human c-Ha-ras gene and the trinucleotide repeat of the FMR-1 gene of fragile X

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 243, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 143-151

  Smith, Steven S ^a   Laayoun, Ali ^a   Lingeman, Robert G ^a   Baker, David J ^a   Riley, Jezia ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA mehylation; Foldback; Fragile X; H ras; Telomere

Indexed keywords

EID: 0028148342     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1994.1640     Document Type: Editorial

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