Novel mutations in the connexin 32 gene associated with X-linked Charcot-Marie tooth disease

Human Mutation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-171

  Tan, Charles C ^a,b   Ainsworth, Peter J ^a,b,c   Hahn, Angelika F ^a   MacLeod, Patrick M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d VICTORIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

BASE SEQUENCE; CANADA; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; CONNEXINS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0029942648     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-1004(1996)7:2<167::aid-humu14>3.3.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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