Mitotic recombination effects homozygosity for NF1 germline mutations in neurofibromas

Nature Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 294-296

  Serra, Eduard ^a   Rosenbaum, Thorsten ^b   Nadal, Marga ^a   Winner, Ursula ^b   Ars, Elisabet ^a   Estivill, Xavier ^a   Lázaro, Conxi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DURAN I REYNALS   (Spain)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 17Q; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOSIS; NEUROFIBROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; GENES, NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MITOSIS; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SCHWANN CELLS;

EID: 0034938366     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/90148     Document Type: Article

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