Chromosome instability and immunodeficiency syndrome caused by mutations in a DNA methyltransferase gene

Nature

Volumn 402, Issue 6758, 1999, Pages 187-191

  Xu, Guo Liang ^a   Bestor, Timothy H ^a   BourC'His, Déborah ^b   Hsieh, Chih Lin ^c   Tommerup, Niels ^d   Bugge, Merete ^d   Hulten, Maj ^e   Qu, Xiaoyan ^a   Russo, James J ^a   Viegas Péquignot, Evani ^b  

^a Surgeons of Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, SATELLITE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; LYMPHOCYTES; MUTATION;

EID: 0033547330     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/46052     Document Type: Article

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