Analysis of germline variation at the FMR1 CGG repeat shows variation in the normal-premutated borderline range

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 821-825

  Mornet, Etienne ^a   Chateau, Corinne ^a   Hirst, Mark C ^b   Thepot, François ^c   Taillandier, Agnès ^a   Cibois, Olivier ^a   Serre, Jean Louis ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; REPETITIVE DNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MUTATION RATE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM;

FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0029897408     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/5.6.821     Document Type: Article

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