Determination of the gene structure of human GFAP and absence of coding region mutations associated with frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17

Genomics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 152-154

  Isaacs, Adrian ^a   Baker, Matt ^a   Wavrant De Vrièze, Fabienne ^a   Hutton, Mike ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 17; DEMENTIA; EXON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTRON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032126381     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1998.5360     Document Type: Article

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