Genetics of Angelman syndrome

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-6

  Jiang, Yong hui ^a   Lev Lehman, Efrat ^a   Bressler, Jan ^a   Tsai, Ting Fen ^a   Beaudet, Arthur L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE;

CHROMOSOME 15Q; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENOME IMPRINTING; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CHROMOSOME DELETION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033358742     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302473     Document Type: Article

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