A member of a gene family on Xp22.3, VCX-A, is deleted in patients with X-linked nonspecific mental retardation

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 563-573

  Fukami, Maki ^a   Kirsch, Stefan ^a   Schiller, Simone ^a   Richter, Alexandra ^b   Benes, Vladimir ^b   Franco, Brunella ^c   Muroya, Koji ^d   Rao, Ercole ^a   Merker, Sabine ^a   Niesler, Beate ^a   Ballabio, Andrea ^c   Ansorge, Wilhelm ^b   Ogata, Tsutomu ^d   Rappold, Gudrun A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

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

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDER; MARKER GENE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033843150     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303047     Document Type: Article

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