Elevated levels of FMR1 mRNA carrier males: A new mechanism of involvement in the fragile-X syndrome

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 6-15

  Tassone, Flora ^a   Hagerman, Randi J ^b,c   Taylor, Annette K ^d   Gane, Louise W ^c   Godfrey, Tony E ^e   Hagerman, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^c Children's Hospital   (United States)

^d Kimball Genetics Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL LINE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSLATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 0033940157     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302720     Document Type: Article

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