Evidence that mutations in the X-linked DDP gene cause incompletely penetrant and variable skewed X inactivation

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 759-767

  Plenge, Robert M ^a   Tranebjaerg, Lisbeth ^b   Jensen, Peter K A ^d   Schwartz, Charles ^c   Willard, Huntington F ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c GREENWOOD GENETIC CENTER   (United States)

^d Case W Reserve Univ Sch of Med ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; DYSTONIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

EID: 0033361882     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302286     Document Type: Article

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