Trinucleotide repeats at the FRAXF locus: Frequency and distribution in the general population

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 424-427

  Holden, Jeanette J A ^a,b   Walker, Melissa ^a   Chalifoux, Maryse ^b   White, Bradley N ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Ongwanada Resource Centre   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

fragile site; FRAXF; population study; trinucleotide repeat expansion

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME FRAGILITY; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CULTURE;

CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITES; CHROMOSOME FRAGILITY; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0029900160     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960809)64:2<424::AID-AJMG38>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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