Identification and characterization of a highly conserved protein absent in the Alport syndrome (A), mental retardation (M), midface hypoplasia (M), and elliptocytosis (E) contiguous gene deletion syndrome (AMME)

Genomics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 335-340

  Vitelli, Francesca ^a   Piccini, Monica ^a   Caroli, Francesco ^b   Franco, Brunella ^c   Malandrini, Alessandro ^d   Pober, Barbara ^e   Jonsson, Jon ^e   Sorrentino, Vincenzo ^a,f   Renieri, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c TELETHON INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND MEDICINE TIGEM   (Italy)

^d Istituto Scienze Neurologiche   (Italy)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ALPORT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME XQ; ELLIPTOCYTOSIS; FACE MALFORMATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MAPPING; HEREDITARY ELLIPTOCYTOSIS; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0033083073     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1998.5666     Document Type: Article

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