Exclusion of SNRPN as a major determinant of Prader-Willi syndrome by a translocation breakpoint

Nature Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 452-454

  Schulze, Astrid ^a   Hansen, Claus ^a   Skakkebæk, Niels Erik ^b   Brøndum Nielsen, Karen ^a   Ledbetter, David H ^c   Tommerup, Niels ^a  

^a JOHN F KENNEDY INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; METHYLATION; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOANTIGENS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029918828     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0496-452     Document Type: Article

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