Four frameshift mutations in neurofibromatosis type 1 caused by small insertions

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 579-581

  Colman, Steven D ^a   Abernathy, Corinne R ^a   Ho, Vu T ^a   Wallace, Margaret R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

ALL; Insertions; Mutation; Neurofibromatosis 1

Indexed keywords

DNA; HETERODUPLEX;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; EXON; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030745835     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.34.7.579     Document Type: Article

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