Chromosomal location and genomic structure of the human translin- associated factor X gene (TRAX; TSNAX) revealed by intergenic splicing to DISC1, a gene disrupted by a translocation segregating with schizophrenia

Genomics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-77

  Millar, J Kirsty ^a,b   Christie, Sheila ^a,b   Semple, Colin A M ^a,b   Porteous, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 1; CISTRON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; EXON; FETUS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0034235003     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.2000.6239     Document Type: Article

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