The necdin gene is deleted in Prader-Willi syndrome and is imprinted in human and mouse

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1873-1878

  MacDonald, Heather R ^a   Wevrick, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; FIBROBLAST; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTENY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030773594     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.11.1873     Document Type: Article

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