Identification of the gene FMR2, associated with FRAXE mental retardation

Nature Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-108

  Gecz, Jozef ^a,b   Gedeon, Agi K ^a,d   Sutherland, Grant R ^a,c   Mulley, John C ^a,d  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFF2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYTIDYLYL 3' 5' GUANOSINE; CYTIDYLYL-3'-5'-GUANOSINE; DINUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHATE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DNA PROBE; EXON; FEMALE; FETUS; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, YEAST; DINUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHATES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; EXONS; FEMALE; FETUS; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0030137717     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0596-105     Document Type: Article

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