The fragile X syndrome

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-151

  Hoogeveen, A T ^a   Oostra, B A ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOPLASM; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METHYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA BINDING; RNA TRANSPORT; SYMPTOM;

ANIMALS; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0030905840     PISSN: 01418955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005392319533     Document Type: Conference Paper

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