Bias in the genomic distribution of CAG and CTG trinucleotide repeats

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 62-64

  O'Donovan, Michael C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CAG; expanded trinucleotide repeats; genomic distribution; psychosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EXONS; GENOME; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SOFTWARE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0031014815     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970221)74:1<62::AID-AJMG14>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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