Meiotic breakpoint mapping of a proposed X linked visual loss susceptibility locus in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 668-671

  Handoko, Herlina Y ^a,b   Wirapati, Pratyaksha J ^a   Sudoyo, Herawati A ^a   Sitepu, Mulia ^c   Marzuki, Sangkot ^a  

^a EIJKMAN INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^c ATMA JAYA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON); Linkage; Mitochondrial DNA; X linked susceptibility locus

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITARY OPTIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEIOSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; X CHROMOSOME; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

EID: 0031851494     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.35.8.668     Document Type: Article

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