Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is caused by mutations in a novel serine threonine kinase

Nature Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-43

  Jenne, Dieter E ^a   Reimann, Heike ^a   Nezu, Jun Ichi ^b   Friedel, Waltraut ^c   Loff, Steffan ^d   Jeschke, Reinhard ^e   Müller, Oliver ^f   Back, Walter ^d   Zimmer, Michael ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 19; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; INTESTINE POLYP; PEUTZ JEGHERS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEUTZ-JEGHERS SYNDROME; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031974516     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0198-38     Document Type: Review

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