Characterization of survival motor neuron (SMNT) gene deletions in asymptomatic carriers of spinal muscular atrophy

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 359-365

  Wang, Ching H ^a   Xu, Jin ^a   Carter, Todd A ^a   Ross, Barbara M ^a   Dominski, Mary K ^b   Bellcross, Cecelia A ^b   Penchaszadeh, Graciela K ^a   Munsat, Theodore L ^c   Gilliam, T Conrad ^a,d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b DEAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; TELOMERE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0030051493     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/5.3.359     Document Type: Article

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