Sequence analysis of long FMR1 arrays in the Japanese population:Insights into the generation of long [CGG)(n) tracts

Human Genetics

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 214-218

  Hirst, Mark C ^a,b   Arinami, Tadao ^c   Laird, Charles D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0031457067     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050618     Document Type: Article

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