Identification of a novel paternally expressed transcript adjacent to snRPN in the Prader-Willi syndrome critical region

Genome Research

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 742-746

  Ning, Yi ^a   Roschke, Anna ^a   Christian, Susan L ^a   Lesser, Jennifer ^a   Sutcliffe, James S ^b   Ledbetter, David H ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOBLAST; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0029778098     PISSN: 10549803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.6.8.742     Document Type: Article

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