The spinal muscular atrophy gene region at 5q13.1 has a paralogous chromosomal region at 6p21.3

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 235-239

  Banyer, Joanne L ^a,b   Goldwurm, Stefano ^a   Cullen, Lara ^a   Van Der Griend, Benjamin ^a   Zournazi, Anna ^a   Smit, Darren J ^a   Powell, Laurie W ^a   Jazwinska, Elizabeth C ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; CYTOGENETICS; GENE MAPPING; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 5; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; COSMIDS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, SATELLITE; GLUCURONIDASE; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; PSEUDOGENES; RETROELEMENTS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032033492     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359900732     Document Type: Article

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