A common set of at least 11 functional genes is lost in the majority of NF1 patients with gross deletions

Genomics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-97

  Jenne, Dieter E ^a   Tinschert, Sigrid ^b   Stegmann, Elisabeth ^a   Reimann, Heike ^a   Nürnberg, Peter ^b   Horn, Denise ^b   Naumann, Ilka ^b   Buske, Annegret ^b   Thiel, Gundula ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034657340     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.2000.6179     Document Type: Article

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