Reverse mutations in the fragile X syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 287-292

  Brown, W Ted ^a   Houck Jr , George E ^a   Ding, Xiaohua ^a   Zhong, Nan ^a   Nolin, Sarah ^a   Glicksman, Anne ^a   Dobkin, Carl ^a   Jenkins, Edmund C ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA repetitive sequences; fragile X syndrome; mutation

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE CONVERSION; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERTANT;

DNA REPLICATION; FEMALE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE CONVERSION; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PEDIGREE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0029900153     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960809)64:2<287::AID-AJMG11>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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