Mutational screening of the bone morphogenetic protein 4 gene in a family with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 346, Issue , 1998, Pages 53-58

  Xu, Mei Qi ^a   Shore, Eileen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; MESSENGER RNA;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CODING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA FLANKING REGION; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OSSIFYING MYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0031973875     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199801000-00009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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