PAK3 mutation in nonsyndromic X-linked mental retardation

Nature Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-30

  Allen, Kristina M ^a   Gleeson, Joseph G ^a,b   Bagrodia, Shubha ^c   Partington, Michael W ^d   MacMillan, John C ^e   Cerione, Richard A ^c   Mulley, John C ^f   Walsh, Christopher A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PAK 3 PROTEIN; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHROMOSOME XQ; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MONKEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COS CELLS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031710557     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/1675     Document Type: Article

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