Haplotype and AGG-interspersion analysis of FMR1 (CGG)(n) alleles in the Danish population: Implications for multiple mutational pathways towards fragile X alleles

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-106

  Larsen, Lars Allan ^a   Armstrong, Judith S M ^b   Grønskov, Karen ^b   Hjalgrim, Helle ^b   Macpherson, James N ^c   Brøndum Nielsen, Karen ^b   Hasholt, Lis ^d   Nørgaard Pedersen, Bent ^a   Vuust, Jens ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b JOHN F KENNEDY INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

(CGG)(n) trinucleotide repeats; Danish population; DXS548; FMR1 gene; Fragile X syndrome; FRAXAC1

Indexed keywords

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DNA FLANKING REGION; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DNA; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0034679873     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8628(20000717)93:2<99::AID-AJMG4>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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