Distribution of 13 truncating mutations in the neurofibromatosis 1 gene

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 975-981

  Heim, Ruth A ^a,b   Kam morgan, Lauren N W ^c   Binnie, Cameron G ^c   Corns, David D ^b   Cayouette, Matthew C ^c   Farber, Rosann A ^b   Aylsworth, Arthur S ^a   Silverman, Lawrence M ^b   Luce, Michael C ^c  

^a Departments of Pediatrics and The Brain and Development Research Center ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Roche Biomedical Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL CREST; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEUROFIBROMIN 1; POLYMORPHISM (GENETICS); PROTEINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0029002475     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/4.6.975     Document Type: Article

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