Distribution of FMR1 and FMR2 alleles in Javanese individuals with developmental disability and confirmation of a specific AGG-interruption pattern in Asia populations

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 127-135

  Faradz, Sultana M H ^a,b   Leggo, J ^c   Murray, A ^d   Lam Po Tang, P R L ^a   Buckley, M F ^a,e   Holden, J J A ^c  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b DIPONEGORO UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANINE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EUROPE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMAN; INDONESIA; INTELLIGENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0035013375     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003480001008521     Document Type: Article

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