Quantification, by solid-phase minisequencing, of the telomeric and centromeric copies of the survival motor neuron gene in families with spinal muscular atrophy

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-104

  Schwartz, Marianne ^a   Sørensen, Nicolina ^a   Hansen, Flemming Juul ^a   Hertz, Jens Michael ^b   Nørby, Søren ^c   Tranebjærg, Lisbeth ^d   Skovby, Flemming ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; TELOMERE;

CENTROMERE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TELOMERE;

EID: 0031030666     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.1.99     Document Type: Article

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