Effects of a 9.6-kb deletion of the LDL receptor gene (FH Helsinki) on structure and levels of mRNA

Human Mutation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 95-102

  Rødningen, Olaug K ^a,b   Tonstad, Serena ^a   Ose, Leiv ^b   Berg, Kåre ^a,c   Leren, Trond P ^a,b  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Familial hypercholesterolemia; LD receptor; mRNA quantitation; mRNA structure

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; EXON; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RECEPTOR GENE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION;

EID: 0031750586     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1998)12:2<95::AID-HUMU4>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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