Germline mutations of the LKB1 (STK11) gene in Peutz-Jeghers patients

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 365-368

  Wang, Z J ^a,b   Churchman, M ^a   Avizienyte, E ^c   McKeown, C ^d   Davies, S ^e   Evans, D G R ^f   Ferguson, A ^g   Ellis, I ^h   Xu, Wen Huai ^b   Yan, Zhong Yu ^b   Aaltonen, L A ^c   Tomlinson, I P M ^a,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^f ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

LKB1 STK11; Peutz Jeghers syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; DNA; LYSINE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GERM LINE; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONSENSE MUTATION; PEUTZ JEGHERS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; PEUTZ-JEGHERS SYNDROME; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 0032947283     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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