Illegitimate splicing of the NF1 gene in healthy individuals mimics mutation-induced splicing alterations in NF1 patients

Human Genetics

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 311-313

  Wimmer, Katharina ^a   Eckart, Markus ^a   Rehder, Helga ^a   Fonatsch, Christa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CELL AGING; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; NEUROFIBROMIN 1; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034112646     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390051043     Document Type: Article

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