Molecular genetics of krabbe disease (Globoid cell Leukodystrophy): Diagnostic and clinical implications

Human Mutation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 268-279

  Wenger, David A ^a   Rafi, Mohammad A ^a   Luzi, Paola ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GALC; GLD; Prelmplantation diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DINUCLEOTIDE; DNA; GALACTOSYLCERAMIDASE; GALACTOSYLCERAMIDE; MANNOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PSYCHOSINE; SOMATOMEDIN B RECEPTOR; SPHINGOLIPID ACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ALLELE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GLOBOID CELL LEUKODYSTROPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; GALACTOSYLCERAMIDASE; HUMANS; LEUKODYSTROPHY, GLOBOID CELL; MICE; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0030964590     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1997)10:4<268::AID-HUMU2>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Review

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