Hybrid survival motor neuron genes in patients with autosomal recessive spinal muscular atrophy: New insights into molecular mechanisms responsible for the disease

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1057-1065

  Hahnen, Eric ^a   Schönling, Jutta ^a   Rudnik Schöneborn, Sabine ^a   Zerres, Klaus ^a   Wirth, Brunhilde ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITARY SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; EXONS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0029858451     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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