Werner syndrome: Characterization of mutations in the WRN gene in an affected family

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 364-370

  Meißlitzer, Claudia ^a   Ruppitsch, Werner ^a   Weirich Schwaiger, Helga ^c   Weirich, Harald G ^c   Jabkowsky, Jörg ^b   Klein, Georg ^b   Schweiger, Manfred ^a   Hirsch Kauffmann, Monica ^a,c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Allgemeines Offentliches Krankhs E   (Austria)

^c Inst F Med Biol und Humangenetik   (Austria)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Splice mutation; Werner syndrome; WRN gene; WRN protein

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC STABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTRON; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RNA SPLICING; WERNER SYNDROME; X RAY;

EID: 0031440344     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000484793     Document Type: Article

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