Frequent sequence variation in the human myostatin (GDF8) gene as a marker for analysis of muscle-related phenotypes

Genomics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 203-207

  Ferrell, Robert E ^a   Conte, Victor ^b   Lawrence, Elizabeth C ^a   Roth, Stephen M ^c   Hagberg, James M ^c   Hurley, Ben F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BALCO Laboratories   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSTATIN;

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUSCLE CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033387710     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1999.5984     Document Type: Article

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