Parental gender, age at birth and expansion length influence GAA repeat intergenerational instability in the X25 gene: Pedigree studies and analysis of sperm from patients with Friedreich's ataxia

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1901-1906

  De Michele, Giuseppe ^a   Cavalcanti, Francesca ^a   Criscuolo, Chiara ^a   Pianese, Luigi ^a   Monticelli, Antonella ^a   Filla, Alessandro ^a   Cocozza, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENDER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MALE; PARENT; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; ZYGOTE;

ADULT; ALLELES; DNA; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENES; HUMANS; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PEDIGREE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX FACTORS; SPERMATOZOA; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0031739916     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/7.12.1901     Document Type: Article

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