Mutation and haplotype analyses of the Werner's syndrome gene based on its genomic structure: Genetic epidemiology in the Japanese population

Human Genetics

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 123-130

  Matsumoto, Takehisa ^a   Imamura, Osamu ^a   Yamabe, Yukako ^a   Kuromitsu, Junro ^a   Tokutake, Yoshiki ^a   Shimamoto, Akira ^a   Suzuki, Noriyuki ^a   Satoh, Misako ^a   Kitao, Saori ^a   Ichikawa, Koji ^a   Kataoka, Hiroshi ^a   Sugawara, Kahori ^a   Thomas, Winston ^b   Mason, Brian ^b   Tsuchihashi, Zenta ^b   Drayna, Dennis ^b,d   Sugawara, Minoru ^a   Sugimoto, Masanobu ^a   Furuichi, Yasuhiro ^a   Goto, Makoto ^c  

^a AGENE Research Institute   (Japan)

^b Mercator Genetics Inc   (United States)

^c Tokyo Metropolitan Ohtsuka Hospital   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER; HELICASE;

ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WERNER SYNDROME;

DNA HELICASES; EXONS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MUTATION; RECQ HELICASES; WERNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0030872571     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050477     Document Type: Article

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