LINE-1 elements at the sites of molecular rearrangements in Alport syndrome-diffuse leiomyomatosis

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-69

  Segal, Yoav ^a   Peissel, Bernard ^a   Renieri, Alessandra ^b   De Marchi, Mario ^b   Ballabio, Andrea ^c   Pei, York ^d   Zhou, Jing ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4;

ADULT; ALPORT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033361022     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302213     Document Type: Article

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