Alu repeats and human disease

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 183-193

  Deininger, Prescott L ^a,b   Batzer, Mark A ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alu repeats; Genetic diversity; Human disease; Insertion mutation; Recombination

Indexed keywords

ALU SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; EVOLUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; HUMAN; MUTAGENESIS; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032796376     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mgme.1999.2864     Document Type: Article

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