Characterization of the full fragile X syndrome mutation in fetal gametes

Nature Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-169

  Malter, Henry E ^a   Iber, Jane C ^a   Willemsen, R ^b   De Graaff, Esther ^b   Tarleton, Jack C ^c,e   Leisti, J ^d   Warren, Stephen T ^a   Oostra, Ben A ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^e Mission Genetics Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OOCYTE; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

DNA METHYLATION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL PROTEINS; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OOCYTES; OVARY; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031045874     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0297-165     Document Type: Article

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