A new submicroscopic deletion that refines the 9p region for sex reversal

Genomics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 203-212

  Calvari, Vladimiro ^a   Bertini, Veronica ^a   De Grandi, Alessandro ^b   Peverali, Giuliana ^c   Zuffardi, Orsetta ^a   Ferguson Smith, Malcolm ^c   Knudtzon, Jorgen ^d   Camerino, Giovanna ^a   Borsani, Giuseppe ^b   Guioli, Silvana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 9P; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA;

EID: 0034193607     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.2000.6160     Document Type: Article

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