Trinucleotide repeats (CGG)22 TGG(CGG)43 TGG(CGG)21 from the fragile X gene remain stable in transgenic mice

Human Genetics

Volumn 100, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 407-414

  Lavedan, Christian N ^a,b   Garrett, Lisa ^a   Nussbaum, Robert L ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030931869     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050525     Document Type: Article

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