Characterization of Six Mutations in Exon 37 of Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Gene

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 421-423

  Upadhyaya, Meena ^a,b   Osborn, Mike ^a   Maynard, Julie ^a   Harper, Peter ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Medical Genetics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exon 37; Mutations; Neurofibromatosis type 1

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTATION RATE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOP CODON;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EXONS; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENES, NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MUTATION; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0029833969     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960726)67:4<421::AID-AJMG20>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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