Factors involved in the initial mutation of the fragile X CGG repeat as determined by sperm small pool PCR

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 2909-2918

  Crawford, D C ^a   Wilson, B ^a   Sherman, S L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; VARIANCE;

EID: 0034703871     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/9.19.2909     Document Type: Article

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