Identification of FMR2, a novel gene associated with the FRAXE CCG repeat and CpG island

Nature Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-113

  Gu, Yanghong ^a   Shen, Ying ^a   Gibbs, Richard A ^a   Nelson, David L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CHROMOSOME 4; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; X CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DINUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHATES; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030138905     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0596-109     Document Type: Article

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