PMP22 thr(118)met: Recessive CMT1 mutation or polymorphism?

Nature Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-14

  Nelis, Eva ^a,b   Holmberg, Bengt ^c,d   Adolfsson, Rolf ^e   Holmgren, Gösta ^c   Broeckhoven, Christine Van ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Harn6sand Hospital   (Sweden)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; MYELIN PROTEIN; PMP22 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PMP22 PROTEIN, MOUSE; THREONINE;

ANIMAL; CELL STRAIN 3T3; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MOUSE; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SWEDEN;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE; MICE; MYELIN PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SWEDEN; THREONINE;

EID: 0030641519     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0197-13     Document Type: Article

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