Hypomethylation of an expanded FMR1 allele is not associated with a global DNA methylation defect

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1375-1386

  Burman, Robert W ^a   Yates, Phillip A ^a   Green, Lindsay D ^a   Jacky, Peter B ^b   Turker, Mitchell S ^a   Popovich, Bradley W ^a,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033361880     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302628     Document Type: Article

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