Molecular and epidemiological studies of Werner syndrome in the Japanese population

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 255-265

  Miki, Tetsuro ^a   Nakura, Jim ^a   Ye, Lin ^a   Mitsuda, Noriaki ^a   Morishima, Atsuyuki ^a   Sato, Naoyuki ^a   Kamino, Kouzin ^a   Ogihara, Toshio ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Founder chromosome; Helicase; Progeria; Werner syndrome

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC DISORDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATIENT; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PREMATURE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGERIA; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TIME; WERNER SYNDROME;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; WERNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0030724273     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(97)00112-7     Document Type: Article

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